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

2. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Plymouth Rock.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

4. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Laboreres.
(c) Servants.
(d) Farmers.

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) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?

2. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?

3. Who said, "Judge Miller! Don't you bid for me, 'cause if you do, I would not live on your plantation. I will take a knife and cut my own throat from ear to ear before I would be owned by you."?

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

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

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