To Be a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Julius Lester
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

To Be a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Julius Lester
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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) Highest bidder.
(b) Cruelest master.
(c) Most respected bidder.
(d) Kindest master.

2. In southern society, a man's status was based upon:
(a) The number of slaves he had.
(b) The amount of money he had.
(c) The amount of money he recieved from selling slaves.
(d) The number of slave women he had.

3. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.
(b) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.
(c) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.
(d) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.

4. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(b) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(c) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.
(d) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.

5. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....
(a) Squatting naked on the ground.
(b) Face being stuck in the ground.
(c) Hands being tied together at the shins.
(d) A stick held between the arms and knees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

2. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

3. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?

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

5. What item was used to discipline slaves?

(see the answer key)

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