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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Solomon Northup said which of the following?
(a) "Can I stay here tonight?"
(b) "You can sell me, last me, or kill me. I ain't caring which, but you can't make me work no more."
(c) "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."
(d) "But some of them would rather be shot than took, sir."

2. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) More than one hundred.
(b) More than sixty.
(c) Less than thirty.
(d) Less than sixty.

3. Who tells the story of the slave named Paul?
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Solomon Northup.
(c) Annonymous.
(d) Beverly Jones.

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

5. Who were the house servants?
(a) They were the ones who were paid small amounts of money by the masters and were not really slaves.
(b) They were the slaves that never left the house.
(c) They were the maids of the house.
(d) They were the slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.

6. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?
(a) They found themselves in debt.
(b) They ran away.
(c) They were able to purchase their own land.
(d) They found that they were much happier.

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

8. What was Lew Cheney known for?
(a) He was hiding in the swamp and ended up hanging himself, a bell around his neck so animals would not devour his body.
(b) He organized an insurrection only to betray it, resulting in him becoming extremely hated by all his race.
(c) He was hit by the little Missy when trying to wake her up and almost choked her in retaliation.
(d) He hid out in the woods for several years before escaping to Mexico.

9. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Pierce Harper.
(c) Alice Wilkins.
(d) Patsy Michener.

10. What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?
(a) It did not affect states, only people.
(b) All the states.
(c) Only the southern states.
(d) Only those under Union control.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a "share?"

2. How much was a "share" worth?

3. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?

4. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?

5. Who shared the story of being unable to believe that freedom had come upon the slaves?

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