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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(b) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.
(c) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(d) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.

2. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Poison.
(b) Murder.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Fighting each other to the death.

3. During which months were the slave coffles usually seen?
(a) October to May.
(b) September to March.
(c) March to September.
(d) May to October.

4. Why did the emotional scenes during slave trades occur?
(a) Slave families were being split apart.
(b) Slaves didn't agree with the price they were being sold for.
(c) Slave families rejoiced at being bought together.
(d) Slaves did not want to part from their original masters.

5. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"
(a) Byrl Anderson.
(b) Powhatan Mitchell.
(c) Frank Cooper.
(d) Charley Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

2. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?

3. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

4. How much time did the slaves typically get for a break?

5. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. The slaves were often portrayed as being stupid, even though they were not. However, many times they actually did pretend to be stupid and ignorant. For what purpose?

2. What was the importance of music in the lives of the slaves?

3. What kept the slaves working in the fields day in and day out?

4. What was the story of Powhatan Mitchell and what did it signify?

5. Describe a typical day for a slave working on a plantation.

6. Describe what the slave coffle was.

7. According to Rhody Holsell in the Epilogue, what were Lincoln's plans for the blacks if he had lived and does Holsell agree with the idea?

8. From Chapter 4, discuss how slave owners brainwashed slaves.

9. What was one of the big problems that arose after slaves were emancipated?

10. Why did ex-slaves change their names after Emancipation? Was it a valid reason?

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