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

2. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?
(a) She stole some food.
(b) She was disobedent.
(c) She ran away, but was later caught.
(d) She is found with a male slave and her master was jealous.

3. Approximately how old was Douglass when he went back to his birth place in Chapter 8?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

4. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
(a) To know if the slaves tried to escape.
(b) To ruin the slaves' only clothes if they try to climb it.
(c) To identify any slave that attempted to steal.
(d) To keep the animals away.

5. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His brother and sisters.
(c) His aunts and uncles.
(d) His first masters and the farms he lived on.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Douglass start to go through in Chapter 9 that was new to him?

3. Who does Douglass describe as being tenderhearted when he first met her?

4. What happened to Douglass when Master Thomas had a conflict with his brother?

5. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?

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