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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, To Be a Slave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?
(a) The slave owner.
(b) The driver.
(c) The slave trader.
(d) The overseer.

2. 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) Money from selling slaves and stealing from other slave owners.
(d) Stealing from other slave owners and free labor.

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

4. What animals did the master who taught his son to call him "Papa" use to teach his black son and white son about brotherhood?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Chickens.

5. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."
(a) Eternal servitutde.
(b) Dire.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?

2. What did some drivers, like Platt, become experienced at?

3. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?

4. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

5. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?

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