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

2. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(d) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.

3. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?
(a) Anytime his master wanted a slave whipped, he would be the first to volunteer to administer the punishment.
(b) He did not like the idea of whippings so he faked it when he was told to whip a slave by the master.
(c) He was an old driver who faked whippings when the master wasn't around.
(d) He did not like whippings so he stood up to the master and the master decided to stop the whippings.

4. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?
(a) To always love your brother honestly.
(b) To always treat women respectfully.
(c) Work hard to earn a well-rewarding job.
(d) To never call him nor any other white man Master because all men, both black and white, are equal.

5. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?
(a) Handling the whip such that when he was ordered to whip a slave, he could make it look real without actually hitting the slave.
(b) Whipping the other slaves throughly but not to the point of death.
(c) Handling the whip so well that he could get the whipping done very quickly.
(d) Encouraging the masters to not be present during whippings so that he could fake it instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were not one of the people who would administer a whipping to a slave?

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

3. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."

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

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

(see the answer key)

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