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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Douglass's master go in Chapter 9 that changed his behavior?
(a) A Methodist camp meeting.
(b) A Baptist camp meeting.
(c) A community meeting.
(d) A slaveholders meeting.

2. Why did Douglass like the job he did for Daniel?
(a) He got food.
(b) He got to sleep later the next day.
(c) He got extra water.
(d) He did not have to work as hard.

3. What was Douglass's job on Mr. Covey's farm?
(a) Taking care of barn animals.
(b) Repairing the barn.
(c) Caring for the slaveholder's family.
(d) A field worker.

4. What was Douglass happy about receiving for his trip to help one of his master's relatives?
(a) A hair cut.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) His first pair of pants.
(d) A pair of shoes.

5. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?
(a) She was sold to another slaveholder.
(b) She continued to care for her master.
(c) She was allowed to go and take Douglass with her.
(d) She had to move to a mud hut in the woods.

6. What is the year that Douglass remembers moving in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1891.

7. Which slaveholders exhibit more morality, according to Douglass in Chapter 6?
(a) Southern slaveholders.
(b) City slaveholders.
(c) The Lloyds.
(d) The Garrisons.

8. What did the slave trainer that Douglass was lent to for a year get a female slave for?
(a) To breed with.
(b) To care for his family and household chores.
(c) To trade her for a male slave to work in the fields.
(d) To help care for the younger slaves.

9. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?
(a) Mr. Lloyd.
(b) Mr. Anthony.
(c) Mrs. Auld.
(d) Mr. Auld.

10. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?
(a) They traded him for a horse.
(b) Deciding to give their slave less food than usual for working slowly.
(c) They took all his books away.
(d) Passing slaves to others without any gratitude for their years of service.

11. What happened to Douglass after he was given to Mrs. Lucretia?
(a) He moved with her to North Carolina.
(b) He moved with her to South Carolina.
(c) She gave him to Master Andrew.
(d) He was sent back to Baltimore.

12. What was the job that Douglass performed for Daniel when he went hunting?
(a) He chased squirrels up trees.
(b) He did bird calls.
(c) He flushed out the birds.
(d) He retrieved the birds.

13. In Chapter 5, why does Douglass say he did not get treated as poorly as the other slaves?
(a) He played with the master's children.
(b) He was too young to work in the fields.
(c) He was liked by the master's wife.
(d) He worked an extra hour a day.

14. What did Douglass not have enough time to do while working for Mr. Covey?
(a) Eat.
(b) Finish his allotted work.
(c) Read .
(d) Sleep.

15. What plan did Douglass decide not to give up on by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) To help his grandmother.
(b) To be free.
(c) To learn to read.
(d) To learn to write.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Douglass sent to live in order to help a relative of his master?

2. In what year does the narrative of Chapter 10 begin?

3. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?

4. Why did Douglass have to go back to his birth place in Chapter 8?

5. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?

(see the answer keys)

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