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

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

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

4. Why did Douglass like the job he did for Daniel?
(a) He got extra water.
(b) He got food.
(c) He got to sleep later the next day.
(d) He did not have to work as hard.

5. What was Douglass most upset about by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) He had to go work in the fields.
(b) That his grandmother was mistreated.
(c) That his first slaveholder did not put him in his will.
(d) He still had not tried to escape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Douglass have to fight with to get his daily food?

3. How was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than Douglass' previous owners?

4. Why did Douglass have to go back to his birth place in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Douglass decide to learn to read?

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

3. What does Douglass washing in the river symbolize in Chapter 5?

4. What was the situation that caused Douglass to go work for Mr. Walter Price?

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

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

7. What did Master Thomas find fault in regarding Douglass's work in Chapter 9?

8. Describe a separation that Douglass goes through in Chapter 8.

9. Define abolitionist and the effect on Douglass of learning the word.

10. Describe Master Thomas and explain why Douglass hoped he would change.

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