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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. Who said, "Judge Miller! Don't you bid for me, 'cause if you do, I would not live on your plantation. I will take a knife and cut my own throat from ear to ear before I would be owned by you."?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Annonymous.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Delicia Patterson.

2. Who told the account of a man named Gabe?
(a) Ida Hutchinson.
(b) Alice Johnson.
(c) Henry Johnson.
(d) West Turner.

3. How much time did the slaves typically get for a break?
(a) 15 - 20 minutes.
(b) 20 - 30 minutes.
(c) 10 - 15 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

4. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(b) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.
(c) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(d) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

5. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."

2. 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?

3. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

4. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?

5. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the reason that the Federal Writer's Project interviewed so many blacks?

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

9. What was Julius Lester's purpose for writing "To Be a Slave" and did he accomplish it?

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

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