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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 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) Annonymous.
(b) Sallie Crane.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Charles Ball.

2. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?
(a) They were not used to plantation life and were susceptible to diseases.
(b) The language barrier proved difficult for communication.
(c) They rebelled often against the landlords and ran away.
(d) They were uncompromising and unwilling to work.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?

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"?

3. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?

4. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?

5. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

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