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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The padlock that the slave Paul wore is a symbolization of what?
(a) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(b) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(c) The extreme power the white man had over slaves.
(d) The greed of the slave traders.

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

4. What was President Lincoln's original reason for starting the Civil War?
(a) To teach the southern states not to rebel.
(b) To free the slaves.
(c) To split the Union.
(d) To preserve the Union.

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

6. 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) Josiah Henson.
(b) William Hayden.
(c) West Turner.
(d) Charles Ball.

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

8. Cornelia Carny told the story of whom?
(a) Her cousin, Paul who hung himself.
(b) Her uncle Jake who quit working.
(c) Her father, John Jones Littleton who hid in the woods.
(d) Her brother who hit the little Missy.

9. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Rascality.
(c) A disease.
(d) Sickening.

10. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?
(a) The slave traders.
(b) The slave owners.
(c) The field workers.
(d) The house servants.

11. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?
(a) They paid their slaves before letting them go.
(b) They gave their slaves homes to live in.
(c) They killed their slaves so they could not have freedom.
(d) They did not tell their slaves they were free.

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

13. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Samuel Cooper.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did the Civil War last?

2. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was a second way slaves escaped from slavery?

3. When did the slaves generally sneak off?

4. Who tells the story of the slave named Paul?

5. Who was the group which argued for "forty acres and a mule" for every ex-slave?

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