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

2. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.
(b) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.
(c) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.
(d) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.

3. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....
(a) Face being stuck in the ground.
(b) A stick held between the arms and knees.
(c) Squatting naked on the ground.
(d) Hands being tied together at the shins.

4. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 90.
(d) 75.

5. Who were the house servants?
(a) They were the maids of the house.
(b) They were the slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.
(c) They were the slaves that never left the house.
(d) They were the ones who were paid small amounts of money by the masters and were not really slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?

2. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?

3. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?

4. How was a slave identified?

5. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?

(see the answer key)

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