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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 the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?
(a) The need for workers.
(b) Religion.
(c) Slaves needed guidance to survive.
(d) Laws.

2. What did a slave need from his or her master to travel?
(a) A pass.
(b) A ticket.
(c) Some money.
(d) A letter.

3. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?
(a) Learning is hard.
(b) Education would lead to his freedom.
(c) Education would help him earn money.
(d) Slaves are smart.

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

5. What did Douglass vow to do during Chapter 6?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Learn to count money.
(c) Earn his freedom.
(d) Learn to read.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who ran after Douglass to take the newspaper or a book away when he was caught with one, according to his narrative in Chapter 7?

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

4. What did Douglass use of Master Thomas's to help him write?

5. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Give and explain an example of irony that Douglass uses in Chapter 6.

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

4. How did Douglass learn to read?

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

6. Explain the hopefulness of Douglass in Chapter 5.

7. What was the difference between a slave in the country versus one in the city that Douglass discovered?

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

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

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

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