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

2. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Plymouth Rock.
(d) Maryland.

3. The cotton picking season began when?
(a) Beginning of September.
(b) Latter part of June.
(c) Latter part of July.
(d) Latter part of August.

4. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?
(a) Henry Johnson.
(b) Ella Wilson.
(c) West Turner.
(d) Ida Hutchinson.

5. Which of the following was most likely the outfit a slave wore to work out in the field?
(a) A shirt, hat, and shoes OR pants.
(b) A shirt OR pants.
(c) A shirt, pants, AND hat.
(d) A shirt AND pants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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