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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) Loyalty.
(b) Determination.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Faith.

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

3. When did the slaves generally sneak off?
(a) Friday nights.
(b) Sunday nights.
(c) Saturday nights.
(d) Monday nights.

4. What year did the slave insurrection that is mentioned in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1813.

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

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

7. What stinging word did the slaves take and make their own to lessen its effects?
(a) Nigger.
(b) Creature.
(c) Negro.
(d) Black.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the slave who did not agree with slavery but felt that doing the job right was the proper way of doing things?

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

3. What did the slaves use religion for?

4. What was one thing slave owners feared?

5. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?

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