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

2. 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) Henry Johnson.
(b) Roberta Manson.
(c) Ida Hutchinson.
(d) Ella Wilson.

3. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."
(a) Lou Smith.
(b) Moses Grandy.
(c) Mingo White.
(d) Prince Bee.

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

5. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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