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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. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Murder.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fighting each other to the death.

2. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?
(a) He saw how rough her hands were.
(b) He saw the cuts on her legs.
(c) He saw the old scars on her back.
(d) He found her freedom papers.

3. ____________ 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-selling.
(b) Slave-auctioning.
(c) Slave-collecting.
(d) Slave-breeding.

4. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Eternal servitutde.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Dire.

5. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave galley.
(b) Slave holding.
(c) Slave dinghy.
(d) Slave dungeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?

2. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?

3. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?

4. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?

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?

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