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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Colonel Lloyd do about one of his slaves getting killed by the overseer in the narrative of Chapter 4?
(a) He did nothing and let the incident pass.
(b) He turned the slave master in to the authorities.
(c) He fired the slave master.
(d) He made the slave master pay the cost of the slave.

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

3. What did Douglass trade to learn new written words?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) Paper.
(c) Bread.
(d) Water.

4. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?
(a) Mush.
(b) Bread.
(c) Table scraps.
(d) Beans.

5. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?
(a) Trembled.
(b) Cried.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Shook.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the opening Preface written?

2. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

3. Why does Douglas think Mr. Hopkins was replaced?

4. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

5. What was the main competition among the slaves, according to the author in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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