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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

2. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Squash.
(d) Potatoes.

3. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His mother and his aunt.
(b) His father and his parents.
(c) His mother and her parents.
(d) His father and his uncle.

4. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police put Phillips in jail.
(b) The police did nothing.
(c) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.
(d) The police investigated .

5. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Grady.
(b) Mr. Phillips.
(c) Mr. Plummer.
(d) Mr. Garrison.

6. Where was the punishment of slaves and the food given out for Lloyd's slaves?
(a) Lloyd Family Farm.
(b) Great House Farm.
(c) Lloyd Farm House.
(d) At each of the farms.

7. What type of writing is the second Preface?
(a) An essay.
(b) A poem.
(c) A short story.
(d) A letter.

8. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?
(a) There was only one overseer .
(b) There was one overseer for every three farms and one main overseer for all.
(c) There was one overseer for each farm and one main overseer for all.
(d) There were two overseers for the farms.

9. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?
(a) Mules.
(b) Animals.
(c) Children.
(d) Uneducated people.

10. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?
(a) 1,800 issues.
(b) 500 issues.
(c) 15,000 issues.
(d) 100 issues.

11. What is Douglass' concerned about in Chapter 1?
(a) Not having enough food.
(b) Being beaten.
(c) His age.
(d) His mom.

12. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Machines.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Animals.
(d) Tools.

13. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To get extra food.
(b) To be the head slave.
(c) To get an additional blanket.
(d) To work at the main farm.

14. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "No formal education."
(b) "Loses his soul."
(c) "A life not worth living."
(d) "Trembling in fear for his safety."

15. How many slaves were at the main farm?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 100-200.
(c) 300-400.
(d) 30-40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?

2. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

3. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

4. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?

5. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

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