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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?
(a) There was only one overseer .
(b) There was one overseer for every three farms and one main overseer for all.
(c) There were two overseers for the farms.
(d) There was one overseer for each farm and one main overseer for all.

2. Which master did the slaves know to be violent in Chapter 8?
(a) Master Garrison.
(b) Master Thomas.
(c) Master Andrew.
(d) Master Lloyd.

3. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His family.
(b) His first master.
(c) His first love.
(d) A friend who was a slave as a child.

4. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?
(a) Look at the floor.
(b) Look ahead, just not right at her.
(c) Look away.
(d) Look her in the eyes.

5. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His first masters and the farms he lived on.
(b) His brother and sisters.
(c) His mother and her parents.
(d) His aunts and uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins want to do?

2. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?

3. How many slaves were at the main farm?

4. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?

5. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?

(see the answer key)

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