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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 6, Butch, The Promised Land, Chapter 7, Butch, The Pawnshop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the whites call the trouble-making black youth of the start of the 20th century?
(a) "The New Negro."
(b) "The New Slave."
(c) "The New Trouble."
(d) "The Old Slave."

2. What mount were many slaves kept at for over a century?
(a) Mount Simple.
(b) Mount Willing.
(c) Mount Solidarity.
(d) Mount Confederate.

3. Who did the people of Edgefield vote for in the first election allowing freed men to vote?
(a) One white and three African Americans.
(b) Three whites and four African Americans.
(c) Two whites and four African Americans.
(d) One white and four African Americans.

4. Why did people back away from James?
(a) He had a knife.
(b) He wore a gang tatoo.
(c) He was an African American.
(d) He was a Bosket.

5. Where did Willie James and his other grandmother, Cora Mae Jones, go when he was 8?
(a) Houston.
(b) Washington.
(c) New York.
(d) Orlando.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special school was Butch sent to?

2. In what church did Aaron become a deacon?

3. What did Aaron lose because of the 1876 election?

4. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

5. How old was Willie James when he enrolled in school?

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