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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To Choose Again, Freely.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) Richard M. Morester.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) William Wells Brown.

2. What was the name of the first Black child born in America?
(a) Baby Williams.
(b) Baby Anthoney.
(c) Baby Wells.
(d) Baby Douglass.

3. How many Whites were shot on the Saturday night raid on the local Black grocery?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?
(a) 1619.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1567.
(d) 1734.

5. Who was by law ordered to be whipped for laying with a negro in 1630?
(a) Frederick Salts.
(b) Richard Martin.
(c) Deacon Marks.
(d) Hugh Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?

2. What did Ida B. Wells claim "should have a place of honor in every home"?

3. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?

4. Whom did the Fifteenth Amendment permit the right to vote to?

5. What caused the death of both of Ida B. Wells' parents?

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