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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. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave holding.
(b) Slave galley.
(c) Slave dungeon.
(d) Slave dinghy.

2. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Maryland.

3. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?
(a) Indians.
(b) Whites.
(c) Africans.
(d) Chinese.

4. Which of the following were not one of the people who would administer a whipping to a slave?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The slave owner's wife.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The slave owner's child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."

3. Between the time that a slave was bought and sold by a trader, what happened to him?

4. Why did the emotional scenes during slave trades occur?

5. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.

(see the answer key)

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