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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who was free man who was captured and put into slavery?
(a) Lorenzo Ivy.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) Ben Simpson.
(d) Solomon Northup.

2. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?
(a) Being thrown in a buck.
(b) Lashes.
(c) All clothing taken away.
(d) No food for a week.

3. 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) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(d) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.

4. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."
(a) Ella Wilson.
(b) Roberta Manson.
(c) Frank Cooper.
(d) Mingo White.

5. Why did the emotional scenes during slave trades occur?
(a) Slave families were being split apart.
(b) Slaves didn't agree with the price they were being sold for.
(c) Slaves did not want to part from their original masters.
(d) Slave families rejoiced at being bought together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?

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

3. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?

4. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?

5. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

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