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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pen.
(b) Quill and ink.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Chalk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?
(a) Mr. Anthony.
(b) Mr. Lloyd.
(c) Mr. Auld.
(d) Mrs. Auld.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What plan did Douglass decide not to give up on by the end of Chapter 8?

2. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?

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

4. What was Douglass's job on Mr. Covey's farm?

5. Who tried to help Douglass learn the alphabet?

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