View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Young men.
(b) Old women.
(c) Children.
(d) Young women.

2. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The slave trader.
(b) The overseer.
(c) The driver.
(d) The slave owner.

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?"
(a) Jennie Patterson.
(b) Beverly Jones.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Solomon Northup.

4. What were house servants led to believe?
(a) That being a house servant was the greatest honor.
(b) That they must obey all that was told to them.
(c) That they must side with the other slaves and help them escape.
(d) That they must secretly spy on their masters in order to be able to create good escape plans.

5. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?

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

4. 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?"

5. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 306 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample