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

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

3. Who did Douglass say the slaveholders felt they were protected by, according to his narrative in Chapter 9?
(a) Town Mayors.
(b) Police.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) God.

4. What did Douglass not have enough time to do while working for Mr. Covey?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read .
(c) Eat.
(d) Finish his allotted work.

5. Who does Douglass describe as "heavenly" in Chapter 10?
(a) Mr. Covey.
(b) Master Hugh.
(c) Mr. Freeland.
(d) Captain Auld.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which master did the slaves know to be violent in Chapter 8?

2. What is the subject matter of two books that Douglass read and found interesting?

3. What did Douglass hope for by going to the new farm where he was sent in Chapter 9?

4. What did Douglass start to go through in Chapter 9 that was new to him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Douglass learn to read?

3. Why did Douglass decide to learn to read?

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

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

6. What was Douglass's life like while with Mr. Freeland?

7. Why did Douglass begin to see his learning to read as a curse?

8. Explain the hopefulness of Douglass in Chapter 5.

9. How would you describe the narrative point-of-view in Chapter 5?

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

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