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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglass focus on describing in Chapter 3?
(a) His teenage years.
(b) The luxuries of slaveholders .
(c) The punishments slaves endure.
(d) Slave families attempt at staying together.

2. Why does Douglas think Mr. Hopkins was replaced?
(a) He stole money.
(b) He was rude to Colonel Lloyd's children.
(c) He was not severe enough as a master.
(d) He stole liquor.

3. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?
(a) Jan Harris.
(b) Aunt Hester.
(c) Ann Jester.
(d) Arlene Henry.

4. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?
(a) Look at the floor.
(b) Look away.
(c) Look her in the eyes.
(d) Look ahead, just not right at her.

5. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?
(a) He said that it is not safe.
(b) All are correct.
(c) He said that it was against the law.
(d) He said they would be unmanageable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the father and son slave team take care of on the Colonel's farm, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 3?

2. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

3. What best defines what "mulatto" means?

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

5. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

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