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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?
(a) Yams.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Bread and cheese.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?
(a) Slave-breeding.
(b) To free himself of a personal or business debt.
(c) He wanted to try buying new slaves.
(d) Unmanageable slaves.

3. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "weary days."
(b) The "scornful days."
(c) The "hell days."
(d) The "misery days."

4. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Murder.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Starvation.

5. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Father and slave.
(b) Master and servant.
(c) Master and slave.
(d) Father and son/daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

2. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"

3. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

4. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?

5. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?

(see the answer key)

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