To Be a Slave Quiz

Julius Lester

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did Solomon Northup almost do? (from Chapter 5, Resistance to Slavery - 2)

He killed his owner.

He pretended to be dead, then ran away.

He led an insurrection.

He almost killed his owner.

2.

Who was the President of the Confederacy? (from Chapter 6, Emancipation)

Jefferson Davis.

Ulysses S. Grant.

Robert E. Lee.

Samuel Cooper.

3.

In southern society, a man's status was based upon: (from Chapter 3, The Plantation)

The amount of money he recieved from selling slaves.

The amount of money he had.

The number of slave women he had.

The number of slaves he had.

4.

Lincoln's plan for the blacks after emancipation was similar to what was done to which group of people? (from Epilogue)

Russians.

Spanish.

Indians.

Colonists.

5.

Why were Native African slaves more fortunate than slaves born into slavery? (from Chapter 4, Resistance to Slavery - 1)

They had somewhere to go if they managed to escape.

They could speak a different language.

They could tell stories to entertain their masters.

They had a former life and knew something other than slavery.

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