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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject matter of two books that Douglass read and found interesting?
(a) How slavery will change in the future.
(b) Life of an educated white man.
(c) Slavery covering both positions.
(d) Life of an educated slave.

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

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

4. What did a slave need from his or her master to travel?
(a) A ticket.
(b) Some money.
(c) A letter.
(d) A pass.

5. Why did the slaveholder throw a female slave off the plantation in Chapter 9?
(a) She was disabled from a fire.
(b) He caught her with another slave and was jealous.
(c) She was too old to work.
(d) She was too young to do any work.

6. In what year does the narrative of Chapter 10 begin?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1733.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1800.

7. What did Mr. Covey do to keep the slaves working all the time?
(a) Let them sleep longer if they worked more.
(b) Yelled from a loudspeaker.
(c) Gave them bonuses.
(d) Snuck up on them.

8. Who ran after Douglass to take the newspaper or a book away when he was caught with one, according to his narrative in Chapter 7?
(a) Mrs. Auld.
(b) Mrs. Lloyd.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Mr. Daniel.

9. Who did Douglass say the slaveholders felt they were protected by, according to his narrative in Chapter 9?
(a) Town Mayors.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) God.
(d) Police.

10. What happened to Douglass at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He was traded to a new master for a horse.
(c) He was sold to a new master.
(d) He was lent to a slaveholder to be taught how to obey.

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

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

13. How long did Douglass have to work on occasion on Mr. Covey's farm?
(a) Until ten.
(b) Until one in the morning.
(c) Until midnight.
(d) Until two in the morning.

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

15. Which master did the slaves know to be violent in Chapter 8?
(a) Master Andrew.
(b) Master Garrison.
(c) Master Thomas.
(d) Master Lloyd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?

2. What was Douglass most upset about by the end of Chapter 8?

3. What is the year that Douglass remembers moving in the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?

5. What happened to Douglass when Master Thomas had a conflict with his brother?

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