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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who was free man who was captured and put into slavery?
(a) Lorenzo Ivy.
(b) Solomon Northup.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Ben Simpson.

2. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?
(a) The slave trader.
(b) The driver.
(c) The slave owner.
(d) The overseer.

3. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.
(b) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.
(c) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.
(d) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.

4. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?
(a) Dying in their sleep.
(b) Oversleeping.
(c) The lack of warmth.
(d) Insomnia.

5. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Rice.

6. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) African chiefs were tricked into "loaning out" tribesmen as indentured servants.
(b) African chiefs made deals with one another to trade their own tribesmen and prisoners to the white traders for goods.
(c) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(d) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.

7. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?
(a) Slave-breeding.
(b) He wanted to try buying new slaves.
(c) Unmanageable slaves.
(d) To free himself of a personal or business debt.

8. What exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?
(a) Eliza was bought by the master who owned her family.
(b) Eliza was bought and freed by a man from New York.
(c) Eliza was bought by a kind master.
(d) Eliza was bought by some free blacks and then freed herself.

9. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats.

10. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."
(a) Mingo White.
(b) Moses Grandy.
(c) Lou Smith.
(d) Prince Bee.

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

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

13. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave galley.
(b) Slave holding.
(c) Slave dungeon.
(d) Slave dinghy.

14. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(b) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.
(c) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(d) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

2. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."

3. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

4. If a slave did not have the correct weigh-in amount, what was the consequence?

5. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?

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