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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what river was the main farm Douglass grew up on?
(a) Mississippi River.
(b) Maryland River.
(c) Chippewa River.
(d) Miles River.

2. Where was the punishment of slaves and the food given out for Lloyd's slaves?
(a) Great House Farm.
(b) At each of the farms.
(c) Lloyd Farm House.
(d) Lloyd Family Farm.

3. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?
(a) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.
(b) The images of slaves being hung.
(c) The emotional impact of the songs the slaves sing.
(d) The images of the slaves being beaten.

4. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?
(a) Talking to the masters children.
(b) Not properly cleaning the kitchen.
(c) Falling asleep while babysitting.
(d) Feeding the house animals too much.

5. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?
(a) A slave.
(b) A Civil War soldier.
(c) An abolitionist.
(d) A slave master.

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

7. How many slaves were at the main farm?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 100-200.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 300-400.

8. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Plummer.
(b) Mr. Grady.
(c) Mr. Phillips.
(d) Mr. Garrison.

9. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) Boston.
(d) Plymouth.

10. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?
(a) Cried.
(b) Trembled.
(c) Shook.
(d) Laughed.

11. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His brother and sisters.
(b) His aunts and uncles.
(c) His mother and her parents.
(d) His first masters and the farms he lived on.

12. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Massachusetts.

13. 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. Hopkins.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Lloyd.
(d) Mr. Anthony.

14. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?
(a) 500 issues.
(b) 1,800 issues.
(c) 100 issues.
(d) 15,000 issues.

15. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Slave Master.
(b) New Englander.
(c) The Slave Trader.
(d) The Liberator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a main theme that Douglass uses in Chapter 3?

2. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?

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

4. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?

5. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?

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