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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did slaves begin freeing themselves?
(a) After the Emancipation Proclamation was declared.
(b) When they heard a rumor that they were declared free.
(c) Right when the Civil War ended.
(d) After all the southern states were under Union control.

2. What was the purpose of the three bells worn by Paul above his head?
(a) When he hung himself, animals approaching his body would be scared away at the sound.
(b) Anyone who heard the jingling would get scared and run away.
(c) To have something to use as an instrument for music when he was alone.
(d) His master used it as a means of finding him if he ran away.

3. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?
(a) Brainwashing and trickery.
(b) Force and money.
(c) Brainwashing and money.
(d) Force and brainwashing.

4. Slavery was abolished but what was the new term for the new treatment of blacks?
(a) Separation.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Renewed slavery.
(d) Segregation.

5. Who were the house servants?
(a) They were the ones who were paid small amounts of money by the masters and were not really slaves.
(b) They were the slaves that never left the house.
(c) They were the maids of the house.
(d) They were the slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.

6. When was the only time slaves got a few days to a week off?
(a) Hannukah.
(b) Kawanza.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

7. 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) William Hayden.
(c) Josiah Henson.
(d) Charles Ball.

8. How was a slave identified?
(a) By his number.
(b) By his first name.
(c) By his master's last name.
(d) By his master's first name.

9. Who was the leader of the white terrorist group?
(a) Jim Freeman.
(b) Samuel Cooper.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Nathan Bedford Forrest.

10. What were house servants led to believe?
(a) That being a house servant was the greatest honor.
(b) That they must secretly spy on their masters in order to be able to create good escape plans.
(c) That they must obey all that was told to them.
(d) That they must side with the other slaves and help them escape.

11. What did the slaves use religion for?
(a) Resisting the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
(b) Understanding how to treat their masters.
(c) Simple worship.
(d) Learning new stories.

12. Which of the following was NOT a reason slaves would sneak off into the woods during nights?
(a) Parties.
(b) Church services.
(c) Collect extra food.
(d) Singing.

13. Who was the slave who freed him/herself who said he/she had worked enough and "you can't make me work no more?"
(a) Beverly Jones.
(b) Solomon Northup.
(c) Jennie Patterson.
(d) Charles Ball.

14. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?
(a) Josiah Henson.
(b) West Turner.
(c) William Hayden.
(d) Charles Ball.

15. What did Solomon Northup almost do?
(a) He led an insurrection.
(b) He pretended to be dead, then ran away.
(c) He almost killed his owner.
(d) He killed his owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lew Cheney known for?

2. What turned into another kind of slavery?

3. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was one of the ways slaves escaped from slavery?

4. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?

5. Solomon Northup said which of the following?

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