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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. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Old women.
(b) Children.
(c) Young women.
(d) Young men.

2. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.
(b) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.
(c) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.
(d) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.

3. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Ten billion.
(b) Ten million.
(c) Fifty million.
(d) Fifty billion.

4. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?
(a) Doc Daniel Dowdy.
(b) Prince Bee.
(c) Jenny Proctor.
(d) Lou Smith.

5. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

2. 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?"

3. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?

4. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?

(see the answer key)

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