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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Grady.
(b) Mr. Plummer.
(c) Mr. Phillips.
(d) Mr. Garrison.

2. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To work at the main farm.
(b) To get extra food.
(c) To be the head slave.
(d) To get an additional blanket.

3. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 17.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

4. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.
(b) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.
(c) For dying.
(d) Not telling him who his father is.

5. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a writer.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a publisher.

6. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?
(a) Not properly cleaning the kitchen.
(b) Feeding the house animals too much.
(c) Falling asleep while babysitting.
(d) Talking to the masters children.

7. What did the Colonel often do when the slaves disrespected him?
(a) He reduced their water supply.
(b) He traded them away.
(c) He withheld food.
(d) He killed them.

8. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?
(a) Self-centered.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Disrespectful.
(d) Humble.

9. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
(a) To ruin the slaves' only clothes if they try to climb it.
(b) To keep the animals away.
(c) To identify any slave that attempted to steal.
(d) To know if the slaves tried to escape.

10. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) James McAlister.

11. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Captain Anthony.
(c) James O'Conner.
(d) William Davenport.

12. Where was the punishment of slaves and the food given out for Lloyd's slaves?
(a) Great House Farm.
(b) At each of the farms.
(c) Lloyd Farm House.
(d) Lloyd Family Farm.

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

14. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A letter.
(d) A journal.

15. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Godliness.
(c) Calm.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?

2. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?

3. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?

4. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

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

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