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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "I wanted to go back but I had no way."
(a) Mittie Freeman.
(b) Jake Goodridge.
(c) Frank Fikes.
(d) Alice Wilkins.

2. Where did the South surrender to the North?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Appomattax.
(d) Antietam.

3. Who was the general of the Union Army?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Samuel Cooper.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

4. 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) Charles Ball.
(b) Jennie Patterson.
(c) Beverly Jones.
(d) Solomon Northup.

5. Who shared the story of being unable to believe that freedom had come upon the slaves?
(a) Tom Hester.
(b) Tom Robinson.
(c) Betty Jones.
(d) Anna Woods.

6. Who were the "bluecoats?"
(a) The southern army.
(b) The northern army.
(c) The French.
(d) The British.

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

8. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?
(a) Having personal discussions with each slave.
(b) Religion.
(c) Stating that whites are superior and giving blacks a cursed name.
(d) Taking away a personal identity.

9. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was one of the ways slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They ran away to live with the Indians.
(b) They killed their masters.
(c) They killed each other.
(d) They waited until their old masters died before running away to avoid being sold.

10. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?
(a) More than a year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

11. What was the name of the white terrorist group formed at the end of the Civil War?
(a) Klux Ku Klan.
(b) Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Ku Ku Klan.
(d) Ku Klan Klux.

12. What was the main purpose of the white terrorist group that had formed at the end of the Civil War?
(a) To kill as many freed slaves as possible.
(b) To capture and re-enslave as many blacks as possible.
(c) To keep blacks from possessing their freedom.
(d) To help blacks possess their freedom.

13. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?
(a) They had no reason to stay in the southern states with no slaves.
(b) Gold was discovered in Texas.
(c) They were hoping to keep their slaves a bit longer.
(d) They were running away from the punishments set forth by Lincoln on slave owners.

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

15. What did slaves turn to as a form of increasing their inner strength?
(a) Celebrating in the woods.
(b) Religion.
(c) Singing.
(d) Giving themselves names.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the only time slaves got a few days to a week off?

2. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?

3. What year did the Union army leave the South?

4. What year did the slave insurrection that is mentioned in Chapter 5 take place?

5. Who were the house servants?

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