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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 percentage of the South owned no slaves?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 60%.

2. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The driver.
(c) The slave trader.
(d) The overseer.

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

4. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Father and son/daughter.
(b) Master and servant.
(c) Father and slave.
(d) Master and slave.

5. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....
(a) A stick held between the arms and knees.
(b) Squatting naked on the ground.
(c) Hands being tied together at the shins.
(d) Face being stuck in the ground.

Short Answer 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?

2. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?

3. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

4. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?

5. The slave homes of this former President was a notable exception to the norm in terms of the condition of the homes:

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the slaves usually clothed for working out in the fields?

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

3. In Chapter 5, what does the story of Paul symbolize?

4. What story did Frank Cooper tell and what was its importance?

5. Why was the Civil War declared and by which President?

6. Even though Lincoln's original goal was not to free the slaves through the Civil War, why did so many slaves join the Union army?

7. Discuss the role of establishing house-servants and what they did.

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

9. What were some ways that the slaves celebrated and had fun?

10. How effective was the Emancipation Proclamation once it was issued in 1863?

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