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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) Winter clothing.
(b) Fork.
(c) Skillet.
(d) Bath soap.

2. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?
(a) That they be sold for the highest price possible.
(b) That slave family members be sold and kept together.
(c) That feuding slave family members be sold to different dealers.
(d) That their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.

3. If William Ford was a wealthy plantation owner, how did he manage to get into financial trouble?
(a) The bank that he used has closed.
(b) The debt was not his--it was actually his sister's.
(c) Mrs. Ford liked living extravagantly.
(d) The debt was not his--it was actually his brother's.

4. What did Freeman's customers tend to keep in mind as they shopped around his pen?
(a) That regardless of the animal that they chose, they would get a good price from Freeman.
(b) That Freeman was known to charge more than what his animals were really worth.
(c) That they were there to buy a clean and hardworking animal in tip-top condition.
(d) That although Freeman had the highest prices in town, he did offer the best animals on the market.

5. What was the likely reason that Tibeats went off and returned with a couple of men following his fight with Solomon?
(a) Tibeats had a problem with his right shoulder.
(b) The men were known to be available at any time that Tibeats needed them.
(c) He was not sure that he could handle a fight against Solomon by himself.
(d) Tibeats had paid them to help him fight Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it important to Chapin to keep a dog on the property of the great house where he and Solomon stayed?

2. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?

3. Which of the following was one thing that Tibeats had a reputation of using when trying to out-maneuver his enemies?

4. How did Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treat Solomon while traveling to New York?

5. How did the slaves treat Solomon after his ordeal with Tibeats was over?

(see the answer key)

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