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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lew Cheney known for?
(a) He was hit by the little Missy when trying to wake her up and almost choked her in retaliation.
(b) He hid out in the woods for several years before escaping to Mexico.
(c) He organized an insurrection only to betray it, resulting in him becoming extremely hated by all his race.
(d) He was hiding in the swamp and ended up hanging himself, a bell around his neck so animals would not devour his body.

2. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?
(a) They found that they were much happier.
(b) They found themselves in debt.
(c) They ran away.
(d) They were able to purchase their own land.

3. Who was the slave who freed him/herself who said he/she had worked enough and "you can't make me work no more?"
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Beverly Jones.
(c) Jennie Patterson.
(d) Solomon Northup.

4. Why were Native African slaves more fortunate than slaves born into slavery?
(a) They could tell stories to entertain their masters.
(b) They had somewhere to go if they managed to escape.
(c) They could speak a different language.
(d) They had a former life and knew something other than slavery.

5. What was a "share?"
(a) It was a portion of land that ex-slaves could have for loan by the government to live and work on.
(b) It was what they called the monetary loan given to ex-slaves by the government.
(c) Ex-slaves went back to their old owners who let them work on the plantation but deducted a certain amount from their harvest.
(d) Ex-slaves created settlements in which everyone was required to share their earnings and harvests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the story of the slave named Paul?

2. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

3. Who said, "I wanted to go back but I had no way."

4. Which of the following is NOT a method whites used to "brainwash" blacks?

5. To whom did the "Uncle Toms" refer to?

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