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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from Bibles, what did William Ford provide his slaves that other slave owners seemed to overlook or not consider to provide them with at all?
(a) Fork.
(b) Winter clothing.
(c) Skillet.
(d) Bath soap.

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) Orderly.
(b) Brisk.
(c) Questionable.
(d) Secretive.

3. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) He learned the background of the other slaves.
(b) He learned that there were other slave pens nearby.
(c) He learned that other slaves had escaped from that yard.
(d) He learned that some of the slaves were planning to escape.

4. What became a problem with the letter that Solomon had Englishman John Manning mail?
(a) John Manning decided to deliver the letter in person and never reached New York.
(b) John Manning never mailed the letter.
(c) Solomon did not provide information concerning his location within it.
(d) Solomon directed the letter to an official who was not authorized to help him regain his freedom.

5. Why did Tibeats not attack Ford when Ford confronted him about his mistreatment of Solomon?
(a) Because he knew that he would get in trouble with Chapin.
(b) Because Ford was a lot older than him and he did not fight older men.
(c) Because he was planning to attack Ford at a later time.
(d) Because Tibeats respected Ford as a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?

2. What did the fact that William Ford was willing to buy Eliza's child, Emily, from slave dealer Theophilus Freeman say about Ford?

3. How could the outcome of the talk between William Ford and John M. Tibeats with respect to the mistreatment of Solomon be described?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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