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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 another thing that was included in the "share" package?
(a) A slave.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) A plantation.
(d) Segregation.

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

3. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?
(a) All clothing taken away.
(b) No food for a week.
(c) Lashes.
(d) Being thrown in a buck.

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(b) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(c) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.
(d) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.

5. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?
(a) William Hayden.
(b) West Turner.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Josiah Henson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon Northup almost do?

2. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

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

4. What term was used for noted places of refuge for runaways?

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

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