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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a writer.
(b) He was a publisher.
(c) He was a soldier.
(d) He was a lawyer.

4. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 17.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

6. 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 pool.
(d) The carriages, horses, and stables.

7. 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.

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

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

10. When was the opening Preface written?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1865.

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

12. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?
(a) 8-10.
(b) 10-15.
(c) 5-10.
(d) 20-25.

13. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?
(a) A letter.
(b) A journal.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) The Bible.

14. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1862.

15. What did Colonel Lloyd do about one of his slaves getting killed by the overseer in the narrative of Chapter 4?
(a) He did nothing and let the incident pass.
(b) He fired the slave master.
(c) He made the slave master pay the cost of the slave.
(d) He turned the slave master in to the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?

2. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

3. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

4. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?

5. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?

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