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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 second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Africans.
(b) Indians.
(c) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.
(d) Rich whites.

2. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?
(a) To always treat women respectfully.
(b) Work hard to earn a well-rewarding job.
(c) To never call him nor any other white man Master because all men, both black and white, are equal.
(d) To always love your brother honestly.

3. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?
(a) Encouraging the masters to not be present during whippings so that he could fake it instead.
(b) Whipping the other slaves throughly but not to the point of death.
(c) Handling the whip such that when he was ordered to whip a slave, he could make it look real without actually hitting the slave.
(d) Handling the whip so well that he could get the whipping done very quickly.

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) Anytime his master wanted a slave whipped, he would be the first to volunteer to administer the punishment.
(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) He was an old driver who faked whippings when the master wasn't around.

5. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?
(a) The African civilizations were different which made the American way more inticing.
(b) African civilizations were highly developed with economic and political institutions, not unlike the American's own growing economy.
(c) African civilizations encouraged traveling overseas.
(d) The African civilization was uncouth and therefore it was easier to teach them how to be a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?

2. In Chapter 2, who was free man who was captured and put into slavery?

3. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

4. During which months were the slave coffles usually seen?

5. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

(see the answer key)

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