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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the slaves say kind words about their masters?
(a) To receive more food.
(b) Because they were afraid of being traded away.
(c) To gain better living accomadations.
(d) To gain the masters respect.

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

3. When was the opening Preface written?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1865.

4. Where did Douglass sleep while working on the plantation as a child?
(a) On an old cot.
(b) In a corn sack on the dirt floor.
(c) In a hay stack.
(d) In one of the animal's stalls.

5. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?
(a) 29 or 30 years old.
(b) 25 or 26 years old.
(c) 20 or 21 years old.
(d) 27 or 28 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who became an abusive alcoholic, according to the narrative in Chapter 8?

4. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?

5. What did a slave need from his or her master to travel?

(see the answer key)

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