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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 another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Fighting each other to the death.
(b) Poison.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.

2. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?
(a) He knew he would not be sold again after this time.
(b) He knew he could run away before being bought.
(c) He knew the people who bid on him.
(d) He knew he would go to someone better than his current master.

3. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Old women.
(b) Young women.
(c) Children.
(d) Young men.

4. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Charley Williams.
(c) Byrl Anderson.
(d) Alice Johnson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?

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

3. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."

4. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?

5. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like a broken branch in the field or a dry leaf in the cotton?

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