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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."
(a) Ella Wilson.
(b) Mingo White.
(c) Frank Cooper.
(d) Roberta Manson.

2. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(b) The slave traders lied to the Africans, telling them they would be indentured servants instead of slaves.
(c) The slave traders made pacts with African tribal chiefs to trade slaves for goods.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

3. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Master and slave.
(b) Father and slave.
(c) Father and son/daughter.
(d) Master and servant.

4. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?
(a) Jenny Proctor.
(b) Prince Bee.
(c) Doc Daniel Dowdy.
(d) Lou Smith.

5. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) Moses Grandy
(b) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(d) West Turner

6. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?
(a) Whipping the other slaves throughly but not to the point of death.
(b) Handling the whip such that when he was ordered to whip a slave, he could make it look real without actually hitting the slave.
(c) Handling the whip so well that he could get the whipping done very quickly.
(d) Encouraging the masters to not be present during whippings so that he could fake it instead.

7. This former President furnished his slave homes in the more typical fashion:
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) James Madison.
(d) John Adams.

8. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Ten billion.
(b) Fifty billion.
(c) Ten million.
(d) Fifty million.

9. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like a broken branch in the field or a dry leaf in the cotton?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

10. The cotton picking season began when?
(a) Latter part of July.
(b) Latter part of August.
(c) Beginning of September.
(d) Latter part of June.

11. 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?
(a) Jenny Proctor.
(b) Delicia Patterson.
(c) Henson.
(d) Annonymous.

12. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.
(b) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.
(c) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.
(d) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.

13. What was the slave's "home" called?
(a) Slave Rooms.
(b) Slave Huts.
(c) Slave Row.
(d) Slave Housing.

14. How was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?
(a) Slavery in the United States was far more cruel and culture-destroying than the others.
(b) Slavery in the United States allowed some slaves to be set free.
(c) Slavery in the United States did not allow slaves to have families.
(d) Slavery in the United States was far more lenient in the way slaves were treated.

15. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?
(a) He knew he would go to someone better than his current master.
(b) He knew the people who bid on him.
(c) He knew he would not be sold again after this time.
(d) He knew he could run away before being bought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was most likely the outfit a slave wore to work out in the field?

2. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

3. What was Franklin and Armfield?

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

5. What was the weigh-in time?

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