Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 202 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 202 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of sleeping accommodations did Epps provide for his slaves?
(a) None. They would all sleep on the floor.
(b) A wooden plank and a raggedy blanket.
(c) A cot and a wool blanket.
(d) A down-feather bed.

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

4. What may have been the underlying reason that William Ford was willing to let Mr. Eldret hire Solomon?
(a) He owed Mr Eldret a favor.
(b) He did not have much work for Solomon to do.
(c) He knew that Mr. Eldret would treat Solomon with kindness and fairness.
(d) He knew that Mr. Eldret needed Solomon's help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?

2. What did Bass view as a more effective means for getting help for Solomon to be freed from slavery?

3. In one phrase, describe how Solomon perceived William Ford to be of value to him.

4. How could Bass' efforts to help Solomon regain his freedom be described?

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

(see the answer key)

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