To Be a Slave Test | Final Test - Easy

Julius Lester
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

To Be a Slave Test | Final Test - Easy

Julius Lester
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the To Be a Slave Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 5 portrays which of the following themes?
(a) Faith.
(b) Determination.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Loyalty.

2. How much was a "share" worth?
(a) A very large amount.
(b) A very small amount.
(c) A liveable amount.
(d) Practically nothing.

3. What was one thing slave owners feared?
(a) That their slaves might kill them.
(b) That their slaves might run away.
(c) That their slaves might rebel.
(d) That their slaves would request freedom.

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

5. What year did the Union army leave the South?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1867.

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

7. Who was the slave who led an insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Lev Cheney.
(b) Harriet Tubman.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) Nat Turner.

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

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

10. Why were Native African slaves more fortunate than slaves born into slavery?
(a) They could tell stories to entertain their masters.
(b) They had a former life and knew something other than slavery.
(c) They had somewhere to go if they managed to escape.
(d) They could speak a different language.

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

12. Solomon Northup said which of the following?
(a) "You can sell me, last me, or kill me. I ain't caring which, but you can't make me work no more."
(b) "Can I stay here tonight?"
(c) "But some of them would rather be shot than took, sir."
(d) "Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground with struggle for it. At that moment it was dear to me, enslaved and treated as I was."

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

14. What was a "share?"
(a) It was a portion of land that ex-slaves could have for loan by the government to live and work on.
(b) Ex-slaves created settlements in which everyone was required to share their earnings and harvests.
(c) Ex-slaves went back to their old owners who let them work on the plantation but deducted a certain amount from their harvest.
(d) It was what they called the monetary loan given to ex-slaves by the government.

15. What was the purpose of the slaves to appear ignorant, sloppy, and stupid?
(a) To gain less work and more food.
(b) To gain more food and less whippings.
(c) To gain less work and less whippings.
(d) To gain less food and less work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the general of the Union Army?

2. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?

3. Although the slaves were now free, another problem arose. What was it?

4. What did the slaves use religion for?

5. When slaves became freed, what was one constitutional power they were given?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 564 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the To Be a Slave Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
To Be a Slave from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.