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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?
(a) Force and brainwashing.
(b) Brainwashing and money.
(c) Force and money.
(d) Brainwashing and trickery.

2. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, what was one of the ways slaves escaped from slavery?
(a) They killed each other.
(b) They ran away to live with the Indians.
(c) They waited until their old masters died before running away to avoid being sold.
(d) They killed their masters.

3. What did some of the slave owners do when freedom was declared?
(a) They paid their slaves before letting them go.
(b) They gave their slaves homes to live in.
(c) They killed their slaves so they could not have freedom.
(d) They did not tell their slaves they were free.

4. What term was used for noted places of refuge for runaways?
(a) The Pine Woods.
(b) The Runaway House.
(c) The Big House.
(d) The Dismal Swamps.

5. When was the only time slaves got a few days to a week off?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Kawanza.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Hannukah.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?

2. What was a "share?"

3. When slaves became freed, what was one constitutional power they were given?

4. Who said, "I wanted to go back but I had no way."

5. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?

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