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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police investigated .
(b) The police did nothing.
(c) The police put Phillips in jail.
(d) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.

2. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?
(a) Noose.
(b) Hatchet.
(c) Knife.
(d) Gun.

3. How many years was Daniel O'Connell a slave in Africa?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. Approximately how old was Douglass when he went back to his birth place in Chapter 8?
(a) 17.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Tools.
(c) Animals.
(d) Machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Auld do for a living?

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

3. What plan did Douglass decide not to give up on by the end of Chapter 8?

4. What did a slave need from his or her master to travel?

5. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

(see the answer key)

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