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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While describing the cruelty of Mr. D------'s son, Prince tells of another slave who dies when the son throws her into prickly pear bushes. What is this slave's name?
(a) Hetty.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Hannah.

2. Douglass leaves Thomas Auld's house in what year?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1798.

3. What is the name of Vassa's young American friend on the ship in Chapter 3?
(a) Richard.
(b) Michael.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Gustavus.

4. How old is Prince when her owner is forced to hire her out to Mrs. Pruden?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

5. When taken to the town of Tinmah, Vassa relates that the people there use small white shells as currency. For how many shells is Vassa sold?
(a) 172.
(b) 87.
(c) 119.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the slave owner with whom Vassa has trouble after purchasing his freedom?

2. What is the name of the second family for whom Prince works after leaving the Woods family?

3. How many years does Prince work for Mr. D-------- in Turk's Island before he retires and takes her to Bermuda with him?

4. While preparing to take her children to be sold, who does Prince's mother tell that her turn to be parted from her child will come?

5. As his narrative begins, Douglass says that he has had two masters. What is the name of his first master?

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