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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 4, Pud, Don't Step on My Reputation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?
(a) 96 out of 156.
(b) 116 out of 156.
(c) 106 out of 156.
(d) 126 out of 156.

2. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?
(a) It was the name of his kindest master.
(b) He liked the name.
(c) It was the name of the first master he could recall.
(d) The name was an approximate translation of his African name.

3. How many more murders than Massachusetts did the county have up until the 1930's?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 12 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 5 times.

4. What type of contract did Aaron have to sign to get work?
(a) A sharecropping labor contract.
(b) A farmhand contract.
(c) A slave contract.
(d) A free worker contract.

5. Who did Aaron marry?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Marie.
(c) Angeline.
(d) Sophia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the whites of South Carolina become, thanks to the slave trade?

2. What happened in the late 1860's?

3. When did the name of Willie Bosket's great, great grandfather appear on the voter registration list?

4. What was the name of Thomas Bauskett's son according to Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. When was the man hung at the start of Part 1, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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