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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?
(a) The Chesapeake Bay.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) The Boston Harbor.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

2. What was ranked the same in value as the slaves on the plantation, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 8?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Farms.

3. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?
(a) Captain Anthony.
(b) Colonel Edward Lloyd.
(c) Captain O'Connel.
(d) Captain Jack.

4. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) The death of Douglass.
(b) The end of slavery the following year.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) His own death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass hope for by going to the new farm where he was sent in Chapter 9?

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

3. What was the name of the plantation owner where Douglass was treated better than other slaves?

4. How long was the food that is given to the adult slaves supposed to last?

5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?

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