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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They were diligent workers.
(b) They were eager and willing workers.
(c) There was a never-ending supply.
(d) They were hard and diligent workers, they did not attempt many escapes, and they did not have to be paid.

2. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?
(a) It was the time that slave owners preferred to work.
(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 plantation work was the heaviest so slave owners needed new hardworking slaves.

3. In Chapter 2, who was free man who was captured and put into slavery?
(a) Ben Simpson.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) Lorenzo Ivy.
(d) Solomon Northup.

4. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?
(a) Alice Johnson.
(b) Sallie Crane.
(c) Roberta Manson.
(d) Anonymous.

5. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?
(a) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.
(b) They were easy to convince.
(c) They were easy to capture.
(d) Their skin color stood out and made it easy to find them if they tried to escape.

6. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.
(b) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.
(c) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.
(d) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.

7. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 90.
(d) 75.

8. 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) Chickens.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Goats.
(d) Pigs.

9. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.
(b) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.
(c) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.
(d) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.

10. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Indians.
(b) Africans.
(c) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.
(d) Rich whites.

11. This former President furnished his slave homes in the more typical fashion:
(a) James Madison.
(b) George Washington.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

12. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?
(a) Work hard to earn a well-rewarding job.
(b) To always love your brother honestly.
(c) To never call him nor any other white man Master because all men, both black and white, are equal.
(d) To always treat women respectfully.

13. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Fifty billion.
(b) Ten billion.
(c) Ten million.
(d) Fifty million.

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

15. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?
(a) The African civilizations were different which made the American way more inticing.
(b) African civilizations encouraged traveling overseas.
(c) The African civilization was uncouth and therefore it was easier to teach them how to be a slave.
(d) African civilizations were highly developed with economic and political institutions, not unlike the American's own growing economy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 was 'Ol Gabe known for?

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

5. How was Frank Cooper and his sister given a taste of slavery?

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