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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. Which of the following were not one of the people who would administer a whipping to a slave?
(a) The slave owner's child.
(b) The slave owner's wife.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The slave owner.

2. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) It was the time plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.
(b) The weather made it easier to hold auctions.
(c) It was the time that plantation work was the lightest and new slaves could adjust.
(d) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.

3. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Charley Williams.
(b) Byrl Anderson.
(c) Annonymous.
(d) Alice Johnson.

4. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Murder.
(d) Suffocation.

5. 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 overseer.
(b) The slave owner.
(c) The driver.
(d) The slave trader.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

3. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

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

5. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?

(see the answer key)

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