Middle Passage Multiple Choice Test Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

This section contains 180 multiple choice questions about Middle Passage. Multiple choice questions test a student's recall and understanding of the text. Use these questions for chapter quizzes, homework assignments or tests. Jump to the quiz/homework section for the multiple choice worksheets.

Multiple Choice - Entry 1: June 14, 1830

1. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?
a) In the corn fields.
b) As a house slave.
c) In the cotton fields.
d) In the gardens.

2. What does Rutherford say New Orleans women always smell like?
a) Wisteria.
b) Lilacs.
c) Gardenias.
d) Roses.

3. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?
a) Salons.
b) Salons and negro bars.
c) Restaurants and the shipyard..
d) Negro bars.

4. What does Rutherford eventually take up as a career?
a) Murder.
b) Carpentry.
c) Stealing.
d)...
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