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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Severe.
(b) Mr. Hopkins.
(c) Mr. Lloyd.
(d) Mr. Anthony.

2. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?
(a) Most of the overseers.
(b) Two of the overseers.
(c) All of the overseers.
(d) Three of the overseers.

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

4. What is the focus of Douglass's descriptions in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Relationships of slaves.
(b) How he was treated as a slave.
(c) How slaves are traded.
(d) How slaves are punished.

5. Who did Douglass say he would miss from his former plantation in Chapter 5?
(a) Master Daniel.
(b) Master Garrison.
(c) No one.
(d) Toby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Douglass like the job he did for Daniel?

3. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?

4. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?

5. What was Douglass most upset about by the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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