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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglass remark about city slaves versus country slaves in Chapter 6?
(a) City slaves are treated better.
(b) City slaves are treated worse.
(c) City slaves are given opportunities to be free.
(d) City slaves are treated equally as country slaves.

2. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?
(a) Education would lead to his freedom.
(b) Learning is hard.
(c) Slaves are smart.
(d) Education would help him earn money.

3. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Food.

4. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His mother and his aunt.
(c) His father and his parents.
(d) His father and his uncle.

5. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?
(a) His father was a white man.
(b) His father was a doctor.
(c) His father was a lawyer.
(d) His father was a Civil War soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?

2. How does Douglass describe the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins?

3. Why did the slaveholder throw a female slave off the plantation in Chapter 9?

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

5. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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