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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?
(a) A Civil War soldier.
(b) A slave.
(c) A slave master.
(d) An abolitionist.

2. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?
(a) The person moved away.
(b) The person got help and rebuildt what was destroyed.
(c) The person went to jail.
(d) The person was murdered.

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

4. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?
(a) Captain O'Connel.
(b) Colonel Edward Lloyd.
(c) Captain Anthony.
(d) Captain Jack.

5. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Two years of his childhood.
(b) When he met his first love.
(c) His twenties.
(d) His teenage years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was ranked the same in value as the slaves on the plantation, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 8?

2. How long was the food that is given to the adult slaves supposed to last?

3. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?

4. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?

5. Who did Douglass say the slaveholders felt they were protected by, according to his narrative in Chapter 9?

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