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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. Solomon Northup said which of the following?
(a) "You can sell me, last me, or kill me. I ain't caring which, but you can't make me work no more."
(b) "Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground with struggle for it. At that moment it was dear to me, enslaved and treated as I was."
(c) "But some of them would rather be shot than took, sir."
(d) "Can I stay here tonight?"

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 lived one one plantation througout their life.
(d) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.

3. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?
(a) Yams.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Cabbage.

4. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Master and slave.
(b) Father and slave.
(c) Master and servant.
(d) Father and son/daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

2. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?

3. Between the time that a slave was bought and sold by a trader, what happened to him?

4. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?

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

(see the answer key)

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