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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 told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) Henry Johnson.
(b) West Turner.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Ida Hutchinson.

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

3. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?
(a) Roberta Manson.
(b) Ella Wilson.
(c) Henry Johnson.
(d) Ida Hutchinson.

4. 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.

5. 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 Bale.
(b) Charlie Bale.
(c) Charlie Ball.
(d) Charles Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?

2. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?

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

4. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?

5. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

(see the answer key)

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