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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. 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.

2. Between the time that a slave was bought and sold by a trader, what happened to him?
(a) His well-being was looked after.
(b) He was given a few days vacation.
(c) He was punished so he would not run away.
(d) He was allowed to spend extra time with his family.

3. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.
(b) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.
(c) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.
(d) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.

4. What was Franklin and Armfield?
(a) The largest slave-trading firm.
(b) The largest slave-buying firm.
(c) The largest slave-freeing group.
(d) The largest slave-breeding plantation.

5. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Henry Johnson.
(c) Ida Hutchinson.
(d) West Turner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?

3. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

4. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?

5. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?

(see the answer key)

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