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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

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

3. 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 get an additional blanket.
(d) To be the head slave.

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

5. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?
(a) Writing.
(b) Being a slave master.
(c) Being a slave trainer.
(d) Being an anti-slavery orator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 Douglass says, "I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in" what county of "Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community" (20)?

2. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?

3. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?

4. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?

5. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?

(see the answer key)

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