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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 Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(d) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.

2. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Plymouth Rock.

3. What item was used to discipline slaves?
(a) A whip.
(b) A gun.
(c) A leather thong.
(d) A pitchfork.

4. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were diligent workers.
(b) There was a never-ending supply.
(c) They were eager and willing workers.
(d) They were hard and diligent workers, they did not attempt many escapes, and they did not have to be paid.

5. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They could be bought "for life."
(b) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(c) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.
(d) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?

2. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?

3. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."

4. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?

5. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?

(see the answer key)

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