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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 event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.
(b) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(c) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(d) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

2. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?
(a) At the new plantation.
(b) At the foot of the auction block.
(c) At the Big House.
(d) At the slave's home on the plantation.

3. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Father and son/daughter.
(b) Father and slave.
(c) Master and slave.
(d) Master and servant.

4. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?
(a) Doc Daniel Dowdy.
(b) Prince Bee.
(c) Jenny Proctor.
(d) Lou Smith.

5. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Byrl Anderson.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Alice Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?

2. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....

3. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?

4. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?

5. What was Franklin and Armfield?

(see the answer key)

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