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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Resistance to Slavery - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "misery days."
(b) The "scornful days."
(c) The "weary days."
(d) The "hell days."

2. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(b) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(c) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.
(d) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.

3. What percentage of the South owned no slaves?
(a) 75%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 25%.

4. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was one of the ways slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They ran away to live with the Indians.
(b) They waited until their old masters died before running away to avoid being sold.
(c) They killed their masters.
(d) They killed each other.

5. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(b) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(c) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(d) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who was free man who was captured and put into slavery?

2. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

3. What was the purpose of the three bells worn by Paul above his head?

4. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

5. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?

(see the answer key)

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