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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. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....
(a) Face being stuck in the ground.
(b) A stick held between the arms and knees.
(c) Squatting naked on the ground.
(d) Hands being tied together at the shins.

2. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) England.
(d) Netherlands.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

5. ____________ 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.

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