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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 animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

2. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

3. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Fifty million.
(c) Ten billion.
(d) Fifty billion.

4. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"
(a) Sallie Crane.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) Charley Williams.
(d) Annonymous.

5. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) John Adams.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was most likely the outfit a slave wore to work out in the field?

2. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

3. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?

4. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

5. How was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it that kept many slaves from killing their masters? Who is an example of one such slave who demonstrated this?

2. In the Epilogue, why does Thomas Hall state that he does not like Lincoln?

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

4. What was the story of Blackshear and what was the significance?

5. Which story in Chapter 1 is an example of slaves being forced to do something that was not directly related to their normal work and what was the story?

6. Discuss what Patsy Michener meant when she said, "Two snakes full of poison. One lying with his head pointed north, the other with his head pointing south."?

7. In the Prologue, what does Ball say happened to the African women and children?

8. According to the Prologue, how was slavery in the United States different than slavery in other countries?

9. From Chapter 2, discuss the story of Eliza and why it is an uncommon one.

10. Who is Mr. Wilson described by Ball in the Prologue and what is his story?

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