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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) A stick to write in the dirt.
(c) A book.
(d) A newspaper.

2. What was the job that Douglass performed for Daniel when he went hunting?
(a) He flushed out the birds.
(b) He did bird calls.
(c) He chased squirrels up trees.
(d) He retrieved the birds.

3. Who did Douglass say the slaveholders felt they were protected by, according to his narrative in Chapter 9?
(a) Police.
(b) Town Mayors.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) God.

4. Who does Douglass describe as being tenderhearted when he first met her?
(a) Mrs. Auld.
(b) Mrs. Lloyd.
(c) Mrs. Anthony.
(d) Ms. Daniel.

5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Tools.
(b) Animals.
(c) Machines.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Douglass have to fight with to get his daily food?

2. How was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than Douglass' previous owners?

3. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?

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

5. What did Douglass vow to do during Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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