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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tibeats had paid them to help him fight Solomon.
(c) The men were known to be available at any time that Tibeats needed them.
(d) He was not sure that he could handle a fight against Solomon by himself.

2. How did Freeman's customers view the idea of buying slaves from the same family?
(a) They do not view the idea at all--they were simply there to make a slave purchase.
(b) They tried to make slave family-type purchases, because they could get two slaves for the price of one.
(c) They viewed it as a great idea that could keep a slave family together.
(d) They did not like the idea at all.

3. How did the slaves treat Solomon after his ordeal with Tibeats was over?
(a) With kindness.
(b) With disinterest.
(c) With jealousy.
(d) With curiosity.

4. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?
(a) Theophilus Freeman.
(b) The gentleman looking for a coachman.
(c) The planter from Natchez.
(d) Eliza.

5. In characterizing Judge Turner, how was he like the other planters in Bayou Bœuf?
(a) He believed that slaves could be profitable for him.
(b) He abused and mistreated them.
(c) He expected the slaves to work and produce for him.
(d) He treated them like animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstances allowed Solomon Northrup to be born a free man?

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

3. How did Solomon describe the interaction among Eliza, Randall, and Emily at the time that they first saw each other?

4. How did Tibeats feel when he told Solomon that he had sold him to Edwin Epps?

5. What was the main contributing factor that led toward the development of a friendship between Mrs. Ford and Solomon?

(see the answer key)

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