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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 2, Masters and Slaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helped create the climate of general violence in the country?
(a) Drinking and firearms.
(b) The economic downturn.
(c) Firearms and economic downturn.
(d) Drinking and lack of jobs.

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. What is an integral part of the history of the county according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Former slaves.
(b) Plantations.
(c) Rhum.
(d) Free elections.

4. What was the nickname of the county?
(a) Bloody Edgefield.
(b) Bloody Boldfield.
(c) Bloody Highfield.
(d) Bloody Lowfield.

5. How many slaves did Bauskett own?
(a) 563.
(b) 245.
(c) 159.
(d) 221.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first daughter of the slave born that Thomas gave his son?

2. What was the name of the Major being chased down in a race?

3. In what state does Fox Butterfield recount some of the crimes in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Who did the slave marry that Thomas gave to his son?

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

(see the answer key)

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