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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?
(a) Uneducated slaves can be controlled.
(b) He was smart.
(c) Slavery education was legal in the North.
(d) Learning to read would help him earn money.

2. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?
(a) She was allowed to go and take Douglass with her.
(b) She had to move to a mud hut in the woods.
(c) She continued to care for her master.
(d) She was sold to another slaveholder.

3. Why did the slaveholder throw a female slave off the plantation in Chapter 9?
(a) She was disabled from a fire.
(b) She was too young to do any work.
(c) She was too old to work.
(d) He caught her with another slave and was jealous.

4. In Chapter 5, why does Douglass say he did not get treated as poorly as the other slaves?
(a) He was too young to work in the fields.
(b) He worked an extra hour a day.
(c) He was liked by the master's wife.
(d) He played with the master's children.

5. What did the slave trainer that Douglass was lent to for a year get a female slave for?
(a) To help care for the younger slaves.
(b) To breed with.
(c) To care for his family and household chores.
(d) To trade her for a male slave to work in the fields.

6. What was the name of the plantation owner where Douglass was treated better than other slaves?
(a) Lloyd.
(b) Phillips.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Garrison.

7. Where did Douglass's master go in Chapter 9 that changed his behavior?
(a) A slaveholders meeting.
(b) A Methodist camp meeting.
(c) A Baptist camp meeting.
(d) A community meeting.

8. What did Mr. Covey do to keep the slaves working all the time?
(a) Gave them bonuses.
(b) Let them sleep longer if they worked more.
(c) Yelled from a loudspeaker.
(d) Snuck up on them.

9. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?
(a) Passing slaves to others without any gratitude for their years of service.
(b) They took all his books away.
(c) Deciding to give their slave less food than usual for working slowly.
(d) They traded him for a horse.

10. How many slaves had Mrs. Auld owned before Douglass came to live with her?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

11. What does Douglass remark about city slaves versus country slaves in Chapter 6?
(a) City slaves are treated worse.
(b) City slaves are given opportunities to be free.
(c) City slaves are treated equally as country slaves.
(d) City slaves are treated better.

12. What is the subject matter of two books that Douglass read and found interesting?
(a) Slavery covering both positions.
(b) Life of an educated white man.
(c) How slavery will change in the future.
(d) Life of an educated slave.

13. What made Douglass unhappy during Chapter 7?
(a) Being beaten.
(b) Being starved.
(c) Missing his mother.
(d) His newfound knowledge about slavery.

14. Who tried to help Douglass learn the alphabet?
(a) Mr. Auld.
(b) Mr. Anthony.
(c) Mrs. Auld.
(d) Mrs. Lloyd .

15. Who did Douglass have to fight with to get his daily food?
(a) All the slaves.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Other slave children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?

2. Who ran after Douglass to take the newspaper or a book away when he was caught with one, according to his narrative in Chapter 7?

3. Who does Douglass describe as being tenderhearted when he first met her?

4. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?

5. What caused Douglass's first beating on Mr. Covey's farm?

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