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

2. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(b) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(c) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.
(d) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.

3. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(b) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.
(c) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.
(d) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?

3. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"

4. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

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

(see the answer key)

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