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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. What did slaves turn to as a form of increasing their inner strength?
(a) Singing.
(b) Celebrating in the woods.
(c) Giving themselves names.
(d) Religion.

2. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.
(a) sold; did.
(b) bred; did.
(c) bred; did not.
(d) sold; did not.

3. When did the slaves generally sneak off?
(a) Sunday nights.
(b) Monday nights.
(c) Friday nights.
(d) Saturday nights.

4. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They could be bought "for life."
(b) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.
(c) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(d) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.

5. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Sallie Crane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?

2. Solomon Northup said which of the following?

3. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?

4. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"

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

(see the answer key)

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