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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 is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Charlie Bale.
(c) Charles Bale.
(d) Charlie Ball.

2. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(b) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.
(c) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(d) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.

3. What is true about slaves and their living on plantations?
(a) Most slaves were exchanged between plantation owners of the same area so that they were somewhere different every few months.
(b) Most slaves would live on at least two, and many times more, plantations throughout their life.
(c) Most slaves lived one one plantation througout their life.
(d) Most slaves were able to choose which plantations they wanted to live on for the remainder of their lives.

4. What was Franklin and Armfield?
(a) The largest slave-buying firm.
(b) The largest slave-trading firm.
(c) The largest slave-freeing group.
(d) The largest slave-breeding plantation.

5. Once the slaves left the field, what did they do?
(a) Get some rest.
(b) Cook dinner for the master.
(c) Attend to their individual chores.
(d) Eat dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Between the time that a slave was bought and sold by a trader, what happened to him?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?

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

5. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Was the government to blame for the confusion of the freed slaves? Why or why not?

3. What were some of the reasons that slave owners would sell their slaves?

4. Did any slaves actually prefer to exist under slavery?

5. What were some ways in which the slaves learned to resist the brainwashing and dehumanizing tactics of the slave owners?

6. What is the brief story of the slave named Jake from Chapter 5 and what is its significance?

7. According to the author in Chapter 1, how were slaves typically depicted? Was this the reality? If not, what was?

8. What were three ways that the Prologue mentions in which slave trading was carried out?

9. In the Epilogue, what are Thomas Hall's views about the whites towards blacks?

10. How does Ball describe his first encounter with white people in the Prologue?

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