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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. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Ten billion.
(c) Fifty billion.
(d) Fifty million.

2. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.
(b) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.
(c) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.
(d) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.

3. The slave trading was much like today's ____________________.
(a) Stock market.
(b) Shopping centers.
(c) Real estate bids.
(d) Car auctions.

4. Cornelia Carny told the story of whom?
(a) Her cousin, Paul who hung himself.
(b) Her father, John Jones Littleton who hid in the woods.
(c) Her uncle Jake who quit working.
(d) Her brother who hit the little Missy.

5. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?
(a) He did not like the idea of whippings so he faked it when he was told to whip a slave by the master.
(b) He was an old driver who faked whippings when the master wasn't around.
(c) He did not like whippings so he stood up to the master and the master decided to stop the whippings.
(d) Anytime his master wanted a slave whipped, he would be the first to volunteer to administer the punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."

2. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?

3. What item was used to discipline slaves?

4. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?

5. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

(see the answer key)

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