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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.
(a) Cruelest master.
(b) Highest bidder.
(c) Kindest master.
(d) Most respected bidder.

2. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave dinghy.
(b) Slave holding.
(c) Slave dungeon.
(d) Slave galley.

3. What is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?
(a) Charlie Ball.
(b) Charlie Bale.
(c) Charles Bale.
(d) Charles Ball.

4. What was the name of the white man who taught his black son to call him "Papa" instead of "Master?"
(a) Frank Cooper.
(b) Byrl Anderson.
(c) Powhatan Mitchell.
(d) Charley Williams.

5. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?
(a) Free labor and money resulting from it and selling slaves.
(b) Free labor and the large supply of blacks.
(c) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.
(d) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?

2. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.

3. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?

4. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?

5. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?

(see the answer key)

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