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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weigh-in time?
(a) Slaves had to help their masters weigh the items they owned because each slave was allowed only a certain weight limit for personal objects.
(b) Slaves had to have themselves weighed at the end of each day in case they were getting too much to eat.
(c) Slaves had to have their baskets full of cotton weighed at the end of each day.
(d) Slaves had to have their baskets full of crop weighed at the end of each day to ensure they were doing their work.

2. When was the only time slaves got a few days to a week off?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Hannukah.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Kawanza.

3. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?
(a) They were easy to convince.
(b) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(c) Their skin color stood out and made it easy to find them if they tried to escape.
(d) They were easy to capture.

4. Lincoln's plan for the blacks after emancipation was similar to what was done to which group of people?
(a) Indians.
(b) Russians.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Colonists.

5. Who said, "Many a person is now in torment because of his mixup?"
(a) Rhody Holswell.
(b) Solomon Northup.
(c) Jack Maddox.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the three bells worn by Paul above his head?

2. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?

3. 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?"

4. What year did the Civil War begin?

5. Solomon Northup said which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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