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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) 5.
(b) More than 30.
(c) More than 10.
(d) More than 20.

3. What is the name of the main farm house that Colonel Edward Lloyd owned?
(a) Great House Farm.
(b) Lloyd Family Farm.
(c) Farm House of Lloyd.
(d) Lloyd Farm House.

4. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"
(a) An experiment to make white people slaves.
(b) An experiment to keep slave families together.
(c) An experiment to test working conditions on plantations.
(d) An experiment to see if slaves that were freed would be just as productive as the slaves who were not.

5. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?
(a) Hatchet.
(b) Gun.
(c) Noose.
(d) Knife.

6. What best defines what "mulatto" means?
(a) A slave child.
(b) A person who has one white parent and one blank parent.
(c) An adulterous relationship between a master and a slave.
(d) A person who is violent to slaves.

7. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Not being loved.
(b) Feeling helpless.
(c) Loss of his identity.
(d) Lack of control.

8. What did Colonel Lloyd own that took five men to maintain?
(a) A garden.
(b) A ship.
(c) A large food storage building.
(d) A pool.

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

10. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Liberator.
(b) The Slave Master.
(c) New Englander.
(d) The Slave Trader.

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

12. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?
(a) The person moved away.
(b) The person got help and rebuildt what was destroyed.
(c) The person went to jail.
(d) The person was murdered.

13. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?
(a) He thought the supervisor was a good man.
(b) He thought she was nice.
(c) She was young and pregnant.
(d) He lived at the far end of the farm and was sheltered from these occurrences.

14. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?
(a) No one.
(b) William L. Garrison.
(c) Daniel O'Connell.
(d) James McAlister.

15. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) Not telling him who his father is.
(b) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.
(c) For dying.
(d) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?

2. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?

3. Where was the punishment of slaves and the food given out for Lloyd's slaves?

4. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

5. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?

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