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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was one thing a "share" consisted of?
(a) A house.
(b) A family.
(c) A slave.
(d) A personal servant.

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

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

6. What year was the Emancipation Proclamation declared?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1865.

7. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?
(a) Toss away their tools and jump about.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Thank their masters for keeping them so long.
(d) Shout wildly.

8. 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) Charles Ball.
(d) West Turner.

9. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Abraham

10. What was another thing that was included in the "share" package?
(a) A plantation.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Farm animals.
(d) A slave.

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

12. How many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a "share?"

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason slaves would sneak off into the woods during nights?

3. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?

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

5. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?

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