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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. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

2. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.
(a) Slave-auctioning.
(b) Slave-collecting.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Slave-selling.

3. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The slave trader.
(b) The overseer.
(c) The driver.
(d) The slave owner.

4. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Yams.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Liquor.

5. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?
(a) They were uncompromising and unwilling to work.
(b) They were not used to plantation life and were susceptible to diseases.
(c) They rebelled often against the landlords and ran away.
(d) The language barrier proved difficult for communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?

2. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

3. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

4. Whose account supports the author's claim that slave traders often used tricks to make the slaves appear well-groomed and healthy for the day of the auction?

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

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