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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 change in Chapter 10?
(a) Fighting the slave trainer and winning.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Learning to write.
(d) Learning to read.

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

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

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

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

6. What was ranked the same in value as the slaves on the plantation, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 8?
(a) Farm animals.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Farms.
(d) Furniture.

7. For about how long does Douglass write he stayed in Master Hugh's family in Chapter 7?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

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

10. Who did Douglass say he would miss from his former plantation in Chapter 5?
(a) Master Garrison.
(b) Toby.
(c) Master Daniel.
(d) No one.

11. What did Douglass use of Master Thomas's to help him write?
(a) A children's story book.
(b) A spelling book.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A history book.

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

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

14. What does "abolitionist" mean?
(a) Someone who wants to get rid of slavery.
(b) Someone who works to make laws for slaveholders stronger.
(c) Someone who wants all slaves in the North free.
(d) A person from the south who is fighting to keep slavery laws intact.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What did Mr. Covey do in the morning and at night?

4. Where was Douglass sent to live in order to help a relative of his master?

5. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?

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