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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 only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Yams.
(d) Bread and cheese.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?
(a) To free himself of a personal or business debt.
(b) He wanted to try buying new slaves.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Unmanageable slaves.

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) Master and servant.
(c) Father and slave.
(d) Master and slave.

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

5. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?
(a) Africans.
(b) Whites.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?

2. Which of the following was most likely the outfit a slave wore to work out in the field?

3. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?

4. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."

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

(see the answer key)

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