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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Whittier?

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

3. What was Douglass's job on Mr. Covey's farm?

4. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the hopefulness of Douglass in Chapter 5.

3. Why did Douglass want to learn to write? How did he go about accomplishing that objective?

4. Who was Mr. Covey and how is he described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Douglass's relationship to Mrs. Auld? Is there more to the relationship than Mrs. Auld teaching him the alphabet? What does she represent for Douglass?

Essay Topic 2

Douglass wanted to escape, but at various points in his story got discouraged. Discuss three examples of when Douglass was discouraged. Why did Douglass get discouraged? How did he regain hope? What did these moments teach him?

Essay Topic 3

Write about the women in Douglass's life, both well known and not so well known. Choose three or more women that Douglass knew and discuss how these women taught Douglass, either through demonstration or first-hand experience. How did each woman stand out from the others? What was the significance of each woman's encounter with Douglass? What are his perceptions of these exchanges?

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