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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. 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."
(a) Moses Grandy.
(b) Prince Bee.
(c) Mingo White.
(d) Lou Smith.

2. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(b) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(c) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.
(d) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.

3. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?
(a) Whipping the other slaves throughly but not to the point of death.
(b) Handling the whip so well that he could get the whipping done very quickly.
(c) Encouraging the masters to not be present during whippings so that he could fake it instead.
(d) Handling the whip such that when he was ordered to whip a slave, he could make it look real without actually hitting the slave.

4. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?
(a) Sunrise to sunset.
(b) Mid-morning to midnight.
(c) Sunrise to midnight.
(d) Sunrise to nighttime.

5. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) Henry Johnson.
(b) Ida Hutchinson.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) West Turner.

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. Why did the emotional scenes during slave trades occur?

3. What was the slave's "home" called?

4. What was the weigh-in time?

5. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.

(see the answer key)

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