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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. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?
(a) Eat dinner.
(b) Get some rest.
(c) Cook dinner for the master.
(d) Attend to their individual chores.

2. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like a broken branch in the field or a dry leaf in the cotton?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

3. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?
(a) Keep running.
(b) Bury themselves to hide for days.
(c) Turning themselves in.
(d) Be killed or kill themselves.

4. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) More than sixty.
(b) More than one hundred.
(c) Less than sixty.
(d) Less than thirty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.

3. Who was the slave who freed him/herself who said he/she had worked enough and "you can't make me work no more?"

4. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?

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

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