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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) A stick held between the arms and knees.
(b) Face being stuck in the ground.
(c) Hands being tied together at the shins.
(d) Squatting naked on the ground.

2. 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.

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

4. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?
(a) Ida Hutchinson.
(b) West Turner.
(c) Henry Johnson.
(d) Ella Wilson.

5. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.
(b) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.
(c) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.
(d) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?

3. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?

4. 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?

5. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

(see the answer key)

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