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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were hard and diligent workers, they did not attempt many escapes, and they did not have to be paid.
(b) They were diligent workers.
(c) They were eager and willing workers.
(d) There was a never-ending supply.

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

4. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

5. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."
(a) Dire.
(b) Eternal servitutde.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Slavery.

6. What is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Charlie Bale.
(c) Charles Bale.
(d) Charlie Ball.

7. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "weary days."
(b) The "scornful days."
(c) The "hell days."
(d) The "misery days."

8. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Young women.
(b) Old women.
(c) Children.
(d) Young men.

9. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Domesticated dogs.
(b) Several pounds of corn.
(c) Horses.
(d) Yards of cotton.

10. How much time did the slaves typically get for a break?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 15 - 20 minutes.
(c) 20 - 30 minutes.
(d) 10 - 15 minutes.

11. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Fighting each other to the death.
(c) Murder.
(d) Poison.

12. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The overseer.
(b) The driver.
(c) The slave trader.
(d) The slave owner.

13. 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) Pigs.
(b) Goats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Sheep.

14. 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?"
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Sallie Crane.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Charley Williams.

15. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"

3. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

4. 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?

5. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?

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