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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Domesticated dogs.
(b) Several pounds of corn.
(c) Yards of cotton.
(d) Horses.

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

3. Why did Thomas Hall refuse to tell his story to writers?
(a) He felt that his story would cause unwanted attention for him.
(b) He felt that white men would not portray his story in an unbiased manner and would always be against him.
(c) He was afraid of being attacked by the KKK.
(d) He did not have much to say.

4. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(b) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.
(c) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.
(d) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.

5. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?

2. What turned into another kind of slavery?

3. How much was a "share" worth?

4. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?

5. Whose account supports the author's claim that slave traders often used tricks to make the slaves appear well-groomed and healthy for the day of the auction?

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