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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1 Of Chains and Threads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.
(a) Dispute resolution.
(b) Infighting.
(c) Committments.
(d) Exchanges.

2. The time period of the book is a time when African American men won and lost the right to __________.
(a) Get married.
(b) Vote.
(c) Own land.
(d) Be free.

3. In what area of the country does Hahn focus the contents of this book he has compiled?
(a) East Coast.
(b) Urban North.
(c) Rural South.
(d) West Coast.

4. This book is about how African Americans became involved in a(n) ____________ struggle.
(a) Ethnic.
(b) Political.
(c) Civil.
(d) Marital.

5. Hahn sees his book as encompassing collective struggled for social and meaningful ____________.
(a) Community.
(b) Pride.
(c) Power.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slave congregations pulsed not only with ____________, but also with collective deliberation.

2. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.

3. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.

4. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.

5. Hahn notes there is a lot of information about African American ______ during this time period, but not a lot on politics.

(see the answer key)

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