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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. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(b) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.
(c) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.
(d) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.

2. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.
(b) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(c) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.
(d) They could be bought "for life."

3. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) The slave traders lied to the Africans, telling them they would be indentured servants instead of slaves.
(b) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(c) The slave traders made pacts with African tribal chiefs to trade slaves for goods.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

4. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Roberta Manson.
(c) Sallie Crane.
(d) Anonymous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."

2. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?

3. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?

4. 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."?

5. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

(see the answer key)

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