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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. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.
(a) bred; did.
(b) sold; did.
(c) sold; did not.
(d) bred; did not.

2. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.
(a) Kindest master.
(b) Cruelest master.
(c) Highest bidder.
(d) Most respected bidder.

3. Why did the emotional scenes during slave trades occur?
(a) Slave families were being split apart.
(b) Slaves didn't agree with the price they were being sold for.
(c) Slave families rejoiced at being bought together.
(d) Slaves did not want to part from their original masters.

4. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Byrl Anderson.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Annonymous.

5. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(b) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(c) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?

2. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

3. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?

4. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?

5. Whose account supports the author's claim that slave traders often used tricks to make the slaves appear well-groomed and healthy for the day of the auction?

(see the answer key)

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