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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. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.
(a) bred; did.
(b) sold; did not.
(c) sold; did.
(d) bred; did not.

2. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Rich whites.
(b) Africans.
(c) Indians.
(d) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.

3. ____________ 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-selling.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Slave-collecting.

4. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?
(a) Sallie Crane.
(b) Anonymous.
(c) Roberta Manson.
(d) Alice Johnson.

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

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. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?

3. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?

4. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?

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

(see the answer key)

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