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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

2. What did Colonel Lloyd own that took five men to maintain?
(a) A garden.
(b) A pool.
(c) A ship.
(d) A large food storage building.

3. What did Master Thomas believe had marred Douglass as a slave?
(a) His abiilty to read and write.
(b) His time in the city.
(c) His time on the plantation.
(d) His love for his family.

4. What does "abolitionist" mean?
(a) Someone who works to make laws for slaveholders stronger.
(b) Someone who wants all slaves in the North free.
(c) Someone who wants to get rid of slavery.
(d) A person from the south who is fighting to keep slavery laws intact.

5. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Lloyd.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mr. Hopkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was ranked the same in value as the slaves on the plantation, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 8?

2. Who lived across the street and treated his slaves cruelly, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 6?

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

4. What is the final line of Garrison's Preface (x)?

5. Who tried to help Douglass learn the alphabet?

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