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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. Who was Whittier?
(a) A slaveholder.
(b) A poet.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

2. How was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than Douglass' previous owners?
(a) He was a coward.
(b) He beat Douglass.
(c) He talked to Douglass like he would a white man.
(d) He was nice.

3. Why was Douglass's new master in Chapter 9 different than his previous owners?
(a) He wanted to abide by his wife's wishes and treat the slaves well.
(b) He became a slaveholder when he was older through marriage.
(c) He was an abolitionist.
(d) He liked Douglass and treated him better than the other slaves.

4. Where was Douglass supposed to look while talking to the master's wife at his new home in Chapter 6?
(a) Look away.
(b) Look ahead, just not right at her.
(c) Look at the floor.
(d) Look her in the eyes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?

2. What did Douglass trade to learn new written words?

3. What did Douglass think would help him to become a free slave when he was first sent from the plantation as a child?

4. Where did Douglass's master go in Chapter 9 that changed his behavior?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Douglass learn to read?

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

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

8. Explain the hopefulness of Douglass in Chapter 5.

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

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

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