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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the father and son slave team take care of on the Colonel's farm, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) The garden.
(b) The carriages, horses, and stables.
(c) The cows and other farm animals.
(d) The pool.

2. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Quill and ink.
(c) Pen.
(d) Chalk.

4. 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. Anthony.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Hopkins.
(d) Mr. Lloyd.

5. In Chapter 4 Douglass says, "I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in" what county of "Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community" (20)?
(a) Talbot County.
(b) Clark County.
(c) Jackson County.
(d) Wilson County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?

2. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?

3. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

4. What did Mrs. Auld do for a living?

5. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?

(see the answer key)

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