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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Radburn treat Solomon following the beating by Burch?
(a) With mixed feelings.
(b) With cruelty.
(c) With understanding.
(d) With a bad attitude.

2. How can the manner in which Solomon, Eliza, and the other slaves were led from Williams' Slave Pen and onto the Orleans best be described?
(a) Brisk.
(b) Orderly.
(c) Questionable.
(d) Secretive.

3. How did Solomon feel about his father?
(a) Solomon loved his father, but had little if any respect for him.
(b) Solomon respected his father, but did not love him.
(c) Solomon had a lot of love and respect for his father.
(d) Solomon did not know his father, so he did not have any feelings for him.

4. How did Burch react when Solomon first met him and told him that he was feeling sick?
(a) He sent for a doctor immediately.
(b) He did not react. He continued to go about his business.
(c) He suggested that Solomon stay in bed until he felt better.
(d) He was sympathetic and offered Solomon his help.

5. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?
(a) He questioned the way that they treated him.
(b) He did not have an opinion about the way the men treated him.
(c) He felt that the men should have treated him better.
(d) He felt good about the way the men treated him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?

2. What type of reputation did Solomon maintain while living in Saratoga Springs?

3. In what order did the events listed take place in Solomon's life?

4. In general, how did Mrs. Berry and her daughter feel about Eliza?

5. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?

(see the answer key)

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