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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Squash.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Wheat.

2. What is the final line of Garrison's Preface (x)?
(a) "FREE ALL THE SLAVES NOW!"
(b) "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS!"
(c) "WE CAN FREE THE SLAVES NOW!"
(d) "DEATH TO THE SLAVEHOLDERS!"

3. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To get an additional blanket.
(b) To get extra food.
(c) To work at the main farm.
(d) To be the head slave.

4. Why does Douglas think Mr. Hopkins was replaced?
(a) He stole liquor.
(b) He was not severe enough as a master.
(c) He stole money.
(d) He was rude to Colonel Lloyd's children.

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

6. What was Colonel Lloyd obsessed with, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) His crops.
(b) The running of his farms.
(c) His hunting dogs.
(d) The care of his horses and carriage.

7. At what age was Frederick Douglass when he was taken from his mother's care?
(a) Before turning one.
(b) Before turning three.
(c) Before turning five.
(d) At two years of age.

8. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?
(a) 25 or 26 years old.
(b) 27 or 28 years old.
(c) 20 or 21 years old.
(d) 29 or 30 years old.

9. How long was the food that is given to the adult slaves supposed to last?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

10. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Fundamentalist.
(b) Religious.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Abolitionist.

12. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?
(a) To know if the slaves tried to escape.
(b) To identify any slave that attempted to steal.
(c) To keep the animals away.
(d) To ruin the slaves' only clothes if they try to climb it.

13. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?
(a) Overworking slaves.
(b) Starving slaves.
(c) Murdering slaves.
(d) Beating slaves.

14. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?
(a) Mr. Silas.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mr. Gore.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?

3. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?

4. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

5. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?

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