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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?
(a) Passing slaves to others without any gratitude for their years of service.
(b) They traded him for a horse.
(c) They took all his books away.
(d) Deciding to give their slave less food than usual for working slowly.

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

3. How many slaves had Mrs. Auld owned before Douglass came to live with her?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

4. Who did Douglass have to fight with to get his daily food?
(a) Pigs.
(b) All the slaves.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Other slave children.

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

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

7. What happened to Douglass after he was given to Mrs. Lucretia?
(a) He moved with her to North Carolina.
(b) He moved with her to South Carolina.
(c) She gave him to Master Andrew.
(d) He was sent back to Baltimore.

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

9. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?
(a) Education would help him earn money.
(b) Learning is hard.
(c) Education would lead to his freedom.
(d) Slaves are smart.

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

11. What did Douglass mainly do with his time off while working for Mr. Covey?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Visit with street children.
(c) Read.
(d) Write.

12. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?
(a) Beans.
(b) Bread.
(c) Mush.
(d) Table scraps.

13. 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.

14. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?
(a) In a hay stack.
(b) On an old cot.
(c) In a corn sack on the dirt floor.
(d) In one of the animal's stalls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Douglass have to work on occasion on Mr. Covey's farm?

2. Who lived across the street and treated his slaves cruelly, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 6?

3. What did Douglass hope for by going to the new farm where he was sent in Chapter 9?

4. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?

5. What was the name of the plantation owner where Douglass was treated better than other slaves?

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