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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. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.
(a) Kindest master.
(b) Most respected bidder.
(c) Highest bidder.
(d) Cruelest master.

2. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "hell days."
(b) The "misery days."
(c) The "scornful days."
(d) The "weary days."

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

4. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?
(a) Attend to their individual chores.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Cook dinner for the master.
(d) Get some rest.

5. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(d) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"

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

3. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?

4. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.

5. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?

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