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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, To Be a Slave.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Murder.
(d) Starvation.

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

4. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Yams.
(d) Furniture.

5. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."
(a) Frank Cooper.
(b) Mingo White.
(c) Ella Wilson.
(d) Roberta Manson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item was used to discipline slaves?

3. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

4. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?

5. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"

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