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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Douglass start to go through in Chapter 9 that was new to him?
(a) More freedom.
(b) Extreme beatings.
(c) Extreme hunger.
(d) Less work and more time to play.

2. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?
(a) He said they would be unmanageable.
(b) He said that it is not safe.
(c) All are correct.
(d) He said that it was against the law.

3. What is the focus of Douglass's descriptions in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) How he was treated as a slave.
(b) Relationships of slaves.
(c) How slaves are punished.
(d) How slaves are traded.

4. When were the slaves able to rest on Mr. Covey's farm?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) When the slave trainer was sleeping.

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

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

7. Where did Douglass's master go in Chapter 9 that changed his behavior?
(a) A Baptist camp meeting.
(b) A slaveholders meeting.
(c) A community meeting.
(d) A Methodist camp meeting.

8. What was Douglass happy about receiving for his trip to help one of his master's relatives?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) A hair cut.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) His first pair of pants.

9. Why did Douglass have to go back to his birth place in Chapter 8?
(a) His first master wanted him to go with his son.
(b) He got in trouble.
(c) His first master died and had no will.
(d) His first master was mad with his current owners.

10. 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 took all his books away.
(c) Deciding to give their slave less food than usual for working slowly.
(d) They traded him for a horse.

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

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

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

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

15. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?
(a) Look ahead, just not right at her.
(b) Look away.
(c) Look her in the eyes.
(d) Look at the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass use of Master Thomas's to help him write?

2. What was ranked the same in value as the slaves on the plantation, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 8?

3. Which slaveholders exhibit more morality, according to Douglass in Chapter 6?

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

5. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?

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