Upfront: The Last Slave Quiz

Why did Barracoon remain unpublished for nearly a century?

• Hurston switched her focus to getting other books published.

• Publishers objected to the book being written in Lewis's dialect.

• Lewis's family asked for a long delay in the release of the book.

• Hurston’s manuscript was lost until a cultural anthropologist found it recently.

When was Lewis born in relation to when international trafficking of Africans had been outlawed?

• the same year

• about 10 years before

• about 30 years after

• more than 50 years after

Why did Captain Foster and the Meaher brothers burn the Clotilda?

• to have materials for building a town

• to warn other ship owners to stay away

• to avoid being found out as slave traders

• to cheat a business partner out of profits

After being freed, Lewis immediately wanted to

• tell his story.

• return to Africa.

• earn some money.

• build his own town.

In the introduction to Lewis’s account, the word raided most nearly means

• sold greedily.

• rebuilt carefully.

• attacked suddenly.

• helped generously.

Which excerpt from the first section of Lewis’s account provides the best evidence for the statement that Lewis' home was raided?

• “I hear de yell from de soldiers while dey choppee de gate.”

• “One gate lookee lak nobody dere . . .”

• “. . . so I make haste and runnee towards de bush.”

• “I born a king in Takkoi where my father and his fathers rule before I was born.”

Based on details about how Captain Foster and the Meaher brothers behaved upon arriving back in America, you can reasonably infer that

• they regretted kidnapping the Africans.

• the punishment for trafficking Africans was severe.

• they were planning to make another trip to Africa.

In the last section of the account, when Lewis recalls saying “Dey brings us ‘way from our soil and workee us hard,” you can reasonably infer that he believed

• he would never return to Africa.

• few others worked as hard as they had.

• farming was likely the way he would build a life.

• Foster and the Meahers owed him and the others.

Which of the following is the most significant way the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment differ?

• The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in specific areas, while the 13th Amendment abolished slavery nationwide.
• The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1865, while the 13th Amendment was issued in 1863.
• The Emancipation Proclamation applied to all enslaved people in the United States, while the 13th Amendment only affected certain states.
• The Emancipation Proclamation was a law passed by Congress, while the 13th Amendment was an executive order.

Why is finding the remains of the Clotilda important to researchers? Why might finding the remains of the ship be important to the descendants of the kidnapped Africans who were brought to America on it?

• It provides evidence of the ship's construction techniques.
• It reveals the ship's cargo of exotic spices.
• It shows the ship was used for fishing expeditions.
• Finding the remains of the Clotilda is important for understanding the history of the transatlantic slave trade and is significant for descendants as it connects them to their ancestors.