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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the general of the Confederate Army?
(a) Samuel Cooper.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

2. What did hundred of slaves do when they heard of the Civil War?
(a) Escaped to join the Union army.
(b) Stayed on the plantations.
(c) Freed themselves.
(d) Fought in the Confederate army.

3. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"
(a) Powhatan Mitchell.
(b) Frank Cooper.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Byrl Anderson.

4. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(b) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(c) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.
(d) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.

5. The padlock that the slave Paul wore is a symbolization of what?
(a) The greed of the slave traders.
(b) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(c) The extreme power the white man had over slaves.
(d) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Federal Writer's Project conduct interviews with former slaves?

2. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?

3. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?

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

5. What was a result of the Federal Writer's Project?

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