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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If at any time during his travels with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton, Solomon felt any doubt about their true motive, what did he base it upon?
(a) Brown and Hamilton changed the trio's original destination.
(b) Brown and Hamilton traveled very slowly.
(c) Solomon never saw the circus.
(d) Brown and Hamilton became overly anxious to get to Washington City.

3. What did Solomon believe to be a contributing factor toward William Ford owning slaves despite the fact that he was a Christian?
(a) He bought and owned slaves to keep them from being bought and treated harshly by others.
(b) The environment that Ford had lived in.
(c) He believed that slaves could provide cheap and reliable labor.
(d) His inability to do all the work around the plantation by himself.

4. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?
(a) To help her find the place where freedom papers were issued since she did not know how to get there.
(b) To mislead her into a life of slavery.
(c) To vouch for her qualifications so that she would be issued freedom papers.
(d) To make sure that the proper freedom papers were issued to her.

5. What major error did Solomon commit with respect to his perception of Brown and Hamilton?
(a) He considered both men to be quite entertaining.
(b) He considered them to be his friends.
(c) He considered himself lucky to have met them.
(d) He considered them to be sincere in their actions toward him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Solomon and the other slaves treated around Goodin's Pen in Richmond, Virginia?

2. What did Freeman's customers tend to keep in mind as they shopped around his pen?

3. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?

4. How did Solomon feel about his father?

5. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3 of the book, what type of role did Jacob Brooks play in the life of Eliza?

2. In Chapter 2 of the book, why did Solomon decide to leave Saratoga Springs and head for New York?

3. In Chapter 1 of his book, how was Author Solomon Northrup able to depict his early years in life as normal?

4. As Chapter 2 ends, and Chapter 3 begins, how did Solomon discover that he was being held in slavery?

5. In Chapter 6 of the book, who suffered during the sale conducted at Freeman's Pen?

6. How did Solomon feel that the exterior of Williams' Slave Pen in Washington could be viewed in Chapter 3 of the book?

7. What prompted Solomon to want to help William Ford in terms of saving time and raising profits in Chapter 7 of the book?

8. In Chapter 7 of the book, how could Solomon's new master, William Ford be characterized?

9. In Chapter 6 of the book, what type of slave did Freeman's customers want to buy?

10. In Chapter 7 of the book, how was Solomon's new master, John M. Tibeats different from William Ford?

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