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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?
(a) They had to work like a slave in the kitchens.
(b) They were made to work on the fields for an entire day without food or drink.
(c) They felt the harsh crack of the whip upon their backs from Mammy.
(d) They had to call Mammy "Master".

2. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Fifty million.
(b) Fifty billion.
(c) Ten billion.
(d) Ten million.

3. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(b) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.
(c) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(d) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.

4. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(d) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.

5. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Africans.
(b) Indians.
(c) Rich whites.
(d) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Judge Miller! Don't you bid for me, 'cause if you do, I would not live on your plantation. I will take a knife and cut my own throat from ear to ear before I would be owned by you."?

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.

3. During which months were the slave coffles usually seen?

4. What was Franklin and Armfield?

5. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?

(see the answer key)

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