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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Nantucket.
(d) Boston.

2. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) James McAlister.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) Daniel O'Connell.

3. Who was Whittier?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A slaveholder.
(d) A poet.

4. What is the subject matter of two books that Douglass read and found interesting?
(a) How slavery will change in the future.
(b) Slavery covering both positions.
(c) Life of an educated white man.
(d) Life of an educated slave.

5. What did Douglass think would help him to become a free slave when he was first sent from the plantation as a child?
(a) The kindness of his master.
(b) God's spirit living in him.
(c) Doing what he's told.
(d) Moving to live with his master's relative.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Lanman bragged about the two killings what happened?

2. What was the job that Douglass performed for Daniel when he went hunting?

3. What happened to Douglass after he was given to Mrs. Lucretia?

4. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?

5. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?

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