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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lew Cheney known for?
(a) He was hiding in the swamp and ended up hanging himself, a bell around his neck so animals would not devour his body.
(b) He was hit by the little Missy when trying to wake her up and almost choked her in retaliation.
(c) He organized an insurrection only to betray it, resulting in him becoming extremely hated by all his race.
(d) He hid out in the woods for several years before escaping to Mexico.

2. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?
(a) He saw the old scars on her back.
(b) He saw the cuts on her legs.
(c) He saw how rough her hands were.
(d) He found her freedom papers.

3. What was one thing slave owners feared?
(a) That their slaves might rebel.
(b) That their slaves might kill them.
(c) That their slaves might run away.
(d) That their slaves would request freedom.

4. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?
(a) Renewed slavery.
(b) Separation.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Emancipation.

5. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Portugal.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?

2. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?

3. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?

4. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?

5. When did the slaves generally sneak off?

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