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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the subject matter of two books that Douglass read and found interesting?
(a) Life of an educated slave.
(b) Slavery covering both positions.
(c) How slavery will change in the future.
(d) Life of an educated white man.

4. What happened to Douglass at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He was traded to a new master for a horse.
(c) He was lent to a slaveholder to be taught how to obey.
(d) He was sold to a new master.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the slave trainer that Douglass was lent to for a year get a female slave for?

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

4. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?

5. What did a slave need from his or her master to travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Douglass so captivated with Mrs. Auld when he met her?

2. How did Douglass learn to read?

3. What was Douglass's life like at first while working for Mr. Covey?

4. What was the situation that caused Mr. Covey to fear Douglass?

5. Why was Douglass called back to his birth place in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Douglass say he sees more clearly the results of slavery in Chapter 8?

7. What was Douglass's grandmother's situation in Chapter 8?

8. What was Douglass's life as a young slave like, as described in Chapter 5?

9. Explain the hopefulness of Douglass in Chapter 5.

10. What does Douglass describe having experienced for the first time in Chapter 9?

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