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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was another problem slaves faced after they were freed?
(a) They did not know how to live on their own.
(b) They contracted diseases from the North.
(c) They were not welcome in the North.
(d) They had no land by which to supply their own needs.

2. Who was the slave who did not agree with slavery but felt that doing the job right was the proper way of doing things?
(a) West Turner.
(b) Josiah Henson.
(c) William Hayden.
(d) Charles Ball.

3. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

4. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?
(a) They were made to work on the fields for an entire day without food or drink.
(b) They felt the harsh crack of the whip upon their backs from Mammy.
(c) They had to work like a slave in the kitchens.
(d) They had to call Mammy "Master".

5. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?
(a) Mid-morning to midnight.
(b) Sunrise to sunset.
(c) Sunrise to nighttime.
(d) Sunrise to midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?

2. Who was the general of the Union Army?

3. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

4. What did the slaves call the slave owner's house?

5. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?

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