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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Slavery was a bad thing and freedom of the kind we got with nothing to live on was bad."?
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Pierce Harper.
(c) Patsy Michener.
(d) Alice Wilkins.

2. How long did Armacie Adams continue working as a slave before finding out he was free?
(a) Three months.
(b) More than a year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

3. How was a slave identified?
(a) By his number.
(b) By his master's last name.
(c) By his first name.
(d) By his master's first name.

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

5. Who were the house servants?
(a) They were the slaves that were treated better than the others and usually model slaves.
(b) They were the slaves that never left the house.
(c) They were the maids of the house.
(d) They were the ones who were paid small amounts of money by the masters and were not really slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the group which argued for "forty acres and a mule" for every ex-slave?

2. What was a "share?"

3. How many whites were killed in the slave insurrection mentioned in Chapter 5?

4. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?

5. Why did some slave owners move to Texas?

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