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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lived across the street and treated his slaves cruelly, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Hamilton.
(b) Mr. Lundy.
(c) Mr. Dingall.
(d) Mr. Casson.

2. What plan did Douglass decide not to give up on by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) To help his grandmother.
(b) To be free.
(c) To learn to read.
(d) To learn to write.

3. 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 was nice.
(c) He was a coward.
(d) He beat Douglass.

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

5. What does Douglass remark about city slaves versus country slaves in Chapter 6?
(a) City slaves are treated better.
(b) City slaves are treated equally as country slaves.
(c) City slaves are treated worse.
(d) City slaves are given opportunities to be free.

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

7. What caused Douglass's first beating on Mr. Covey's farm?
(a) Breaking a cart and gate.
(b) Speaking before being told to .
(c) Damaging farm tools.
(d) Being disrespectful.

8. 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 two in the morning.
(d) Until midnight.

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

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

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

12. In Chapter 5, why does Douglass say he did not get treated as poorly as the other slaves?
(a) He was liked by the master's wife.
(b) He played with the master's children.
(c) He was too young to work in the fields.
(d) He worked an extra hour a day.

13. What happened to Douglass when Master Thomas had a conflict with his brother?
(a) He was beaten.
(b) He was moved to Baltimore.
(c) He was moved to St. Michael's.
(d) He had to go work in the fields.

14. Who tried to help Douglass learn the alphabet?
(a) Mr. Auld.
(b) Mr. Anthony.
(c) Mrs. Auld.
(d) Mrs. Lloyd .

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Douglass say the slaveholders felt they were protected by, according to his narrative in Chapter 9?

2. Who did Douglass turn to in order to learn some written words?

3. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?

4. What did Douglass vow to do during Chapter 6?

5. 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?

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