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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 the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The slave trader.
(c) The driver.
(d) The overseer.

2. 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) Chickens.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Goats.
(d) Pigs.

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

4. Between the time that a slave was bought and sold by a trader, what happened to him?
(a) He was allowed to spend extra time with his family.
(b) He was punished so he would not run away.
(c) His well-being was looked after.
(d) He was given a few days vacation.

5. 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) Annonymous.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Byrl Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."

2. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

3. Which of the following were not one of the people who would administer a whipping to a slave?

4. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?

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

(see the answer key)

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