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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 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) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

2. During which months were the slave coffles usually seen?
(a) September to March.
(b) October to May.
(c) May to October.
(d) March to September.

3. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"
(a) Sallie Crane.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) Annonymous.
(d) Charley Williams.

4. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The driver.
(c) The slave trader.
(d) The overseer.

5. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "scornful days."
(b) The "misery days."
(c) The "hell days."
(d) The "weary days."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?

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

3. What item was used to discipline slaves?

4. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?

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

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