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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who attempted to gain favor of his master by accomplishing satisfactory deeds in hopes of becoming a house servant?
(a) William Hayden.
(b) Josiah Henson.
(c) Charles Ball.
(d) West Turner.

3. 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.

4. Why were many of the slaves forced to remain on the plantations during the Civil War?
(a) They were not yet freed.
(b) They did not agree with the Civil War and wanted to remain on the plantation with their masters.
(c) They were the agricultural backbone of the south, especially if the men were off in the Confederate troop.
(d) They were afraid of running away and joining the Union army.

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

6. Where did the South surrender to the North?
(a) Appomattax.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Manassas.
(d) Gettysburg.

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

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

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

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

11. 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) "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."
(c) "But some of them would rather be shot than took, sir."
(d) "Can I stay here tonight?"

12. 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 slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.
(d) They were the maids of the house.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?

2. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

3. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?

4. What was one thing a "share" consisted of?

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

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