View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than Douglass' previous owners?
(a) He was nice.
(b) He beat Douglass.
(c) He was a coward.
(d) He talked to Douglass like he would a white man.

2. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?
(a) She had to move to a mud hut in the woods.
(b) She was allowed to go and take Douglass with her.
(c) She continued to care for her master.
(d) She was sold to another slaveholder.

3. Who became an abusive alcoholic, according to the narrative in Chapter 8?
(a) Master Thomas.
(b) Master Hugh.
(c) Master Lloyd.
(d) Master Andrew.

4. What did Douglass think would help him to become a free slave when he was first sent from the plantation as a child?
(a) God's spirit living in him.
(b) The kindness of his master.
(c) Moving to live with his master's relative.
(d) Doing what he's told.

5. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?
(a) Slaves needed guidance to survive.
(b) The need for workers.
(c) Laws.
(d) Religion.

6. Who does Douglass describe as "heavenly" in Chapter 10?
(a) Master Hugh.
(b) Captain Auld.
(c) Mr. Freeland.
(d) Mr. Covey.

7. Who did Douglass turn to in order to learn some written words?
(a) Mrs. Lloyd.
(b) White boys in the street.
(c) White overseers who liked him.
(d) Mrs. Auld.

8. Who was Whittier?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A slaveholder.
(d) A doctor.

9. What made Douglass unhappy during Chapter 7?
(a) Being starved.
(b) His newfound knowledge about slavery.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Missing his mother.

10. What was the job that Douglass performed for Daniel when he went hunting?
(a) He retrieved the birds.
(b) He flushed out the birds.
(c) He did bird calls.
(d) He chased squirrels up trees.

11. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pen.
(b) Pencil.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Quill and ink.

12. What did the slave trainer that Douglass was lent to for a year get a female slave for?
(a) To trade her for a male slave to work in the fields.
(b) To help care for the younger slaves.
(c) To care for his family and household chores.
(d) To breed with.

13. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?
(a) Mrs. Auld.
(b) Mr. Auld.
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mr. Lloyd.

14. Where was Douglass sent to live in order to help a relative of his master?
(a) Boston.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) To a nearby farm.
(d) Baltimore.

15. What was Douglass most upset about by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) That his grandmother was mistreated.
(b) He had to go work in the fields.
(c) He still had not tried to escape.
(d) That his first slaveholder did not put him in his will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Covey do to keep the slaves working all the time?

2. What did Mrs. Auld do for a living?

3. Why was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than his previous owners?

4. What did Douglass start to go through in Chapter 9 that was new to him?

5. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 576 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample