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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?
(a) At the Big House.
(b) At the foot of the auction block.
(c) At the new plantation.
(d) At the slave's home on the plantation.

2. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?
(a) Their skin color stood out and made it easy to find them if they tried to escape.
(b) They were easy to convince.
(c) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(d) They were easy to capture.

3. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

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

5. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Byrl Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.

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

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

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

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

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