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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His first masters and the farms he lived on.
(c) His brother and sisters.
(d) His aunts and uncles.

2. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A Civil War soldier.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A slaveholder.

3. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?
(a) In one of the animal's stalls.
(b) In a hay stack.
(c) On an old cot.
(d) In a corn sack on the dirt floor.

4. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) More than 20.
(b) More than 30.
(c) More than 10.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Douglass like the job he did for Daniel?

2. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?

3. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?

4. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?

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

(see the answer key)

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