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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?
(a) The memory of slaves singing.
(b) The images of the slaves being beaten.
(c) The images of slaves being hung.
(d) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.

2. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) St. Charles.
(d) New York.

3. 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)?
(a) Talbot County.
(b) Jackson County.
(c) Clark County.
(d) Wilson County.

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

5. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Pen.
(c) Quill and ink.
(d) Chalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?

2. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?

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

4. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?

5. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?

(see the answer key)

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