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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Resistance to Slavery - 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?
(a) They were not used to plantation life and were susceptible to diseases.
(b) They rebelled often against the landlords and ran away.
(c) They were uncompromising and unwilling to work.
(d) The language barrier proved difficult for communication.

2. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.
(a) Slave-auctioning.
(b) Slave-selling.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Slave-collecting.

3. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Yams.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Furniture.

4. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?
(a) Religion.
(b) Taking away a personal identity.
(c) Stating that whites are superior and giving blacks a cursed name.
(d) Having personal discussions with each slave.

5. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?

3. What stinging word did the slaves take and make their own to lessen its effects?

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

5. What exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?

(see the answer key)

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