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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 exactly happened at the occasion of a young slave woman named Eliza?
(a) Eliza was bought by a kind master.
(b) Eliza was bought and freed by a man from New York.
(c) Eliza was bought by the master who owned her family.
(d) Eliza was bought by some free blacks and then freed herself.

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"?
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Byrl Anderson.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Charley Williams.

3. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(b) Moses Grandy
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(d) West Turner

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

5. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?
(a) Anonymous.
(b) Sallie Crane.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Roberta Manson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like a broken branch in the field or a dry leaf in the cotton?

2. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?

3. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

4. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

5. What was the typical work hours for a slave who worked in the field?

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

4. Describe the reaction of the anonymous white man who mentions being awakened by the overseer's horn in Chapter 3.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss the ideas of freedom and death to the slaves.

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