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

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

3. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."
(a) Dire.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Eternal servitutde.
(d) Indentured servitude.

4. What is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Charlie Ball.
(c) Charles Bale.
(d) Charlie Bale.

5. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.
(a) Laboreres.
(b) Servants.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?

3. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

4. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?

5. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?

(see the answer key)

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