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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. 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?"
(a) Sallie Crane.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Charley Williams.

2. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Fifty million.
(b) Ten billion.
(c) Fifty billion.
(d) Ten million.

3. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(b) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(c) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.
(d) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.

4. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?
(a) African civilizations were highly developed with economic and political institutions, not unlike the American's own growing economy.
(b) The African civilizations were different which made the American way more inticing.
(c) African civilizations encouraged traveling overseas.
(d) The African civilization was uncouth and therefore it was easier to teach them how to be a slave.

5. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Byrl Anderson.
(b) Charley Williams.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Annonymous.

Short Answer Questions

1. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

2. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?

3. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?

4. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?

5. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

(see the answer key)

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