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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?
(a) Uneducated people.
(b) Children.
(c) Animals.
(d) Mules.

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. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) No one.
(c) William L. Garrison.
(d) James McAlister.

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

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 teenage years.
(d) His twenties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

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

3. At what age was Frederick Douglass when he was taken from his mother's care?

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

5. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Wendell Phillips?

2. Why did Phillips risk his life to be a part of the anti-slavery movement?

3. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?

4. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

5. What does Douglass mention in particular about the slaves suffering in Chapter 2?

6. Give two examples of slaves who were murdered that Douglass mentions in Chapter 4. Who killed them?

7. Who was Austin Gore? How is he described?

8. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?

9. What was the West Indies Experiment?

10. What upsets Douglass about his mother's death?

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