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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many slaves were at the main farm?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 100-200.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 300-400.
2. What did the father and son slave team take care of on the Colonel's farm, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) The garden.
(b) The cows and other farm animals.
(c) The carriages, horses, and stables.
(d) The pool.
3. Why did the slaves say kind words about their masters?
(a) To receive more food.
(b) To gain better living accomadations.
(c) To gain the masters respect.
(d) Because they were afraid of being traded away.
4. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His first master.
(b) A friend who was a slave as a child.
(c) His first love.
(d) His family.
5. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His father and his parents.
(b) His mother and his aunt.
(c) His mother and her parents.
(d) His father and his uncle.
6. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police did nothing.
(b) The police investigated .
(c) The police put Phillips in jail.
(d) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.
7. When was the second Preface written?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1845.
8. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?
(a) Slaves being sold in cities.
(b) The murder of innocent people.
(c) Slaves being removed from their families.
(d) Slaveholders forcing themselves on slave women, then having children with them.
9. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?
(a) A letter.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A journal.
(d) The Bible.
10. What does Douglass focus on describing in Chapter 3?
(a) Slave families attempt at staying together.
(b) The luxuries of slaveholders .
(c) His teenage years.
(d) The punishments slaves endure.
11. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?
(a) Disrespectful.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Self-centered.
(d) Humble.
12. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?
(a) The person went to jail.
(b) The person got help and rebuildt what was destroyed.
(c) The person was murdered.
(d) The person moved away.
13. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1835.
14. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?
(a) Aunt Hester.
(b) Arlene Henry.
(c) Ann Jester.
(d) Jan Harris.
15. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?
(a) Mr. Severe.
(b) Mr. Anthony.
(c) Mr. Silas.
(d) Mr. Gore.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?
2. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
3. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?
4. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?
5. What is a main theme that Douglass uses in Chapter 3?
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