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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Douglass at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He was traded to a new master for a horse.
(b) He was sold to a new master.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He was lent to a slaveholder to be taught how to obey.

2. What is the focus of Douglass's descriptions in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) How slaves are punished.
(b) How he was treated as a slave.
(c) Relationships of slaves.
(d) How slaves are traded.

3. What did Douglass get to eat as a child on the plantation?
(a) Beans.
(b) Bread.
(c) Mush.
(d) Table scraps.

4. What did Mr. Covey do in the morning and at night?
(a) Beat the slaves.
(b) Left the farm to sell his goods.
(c) Prayed.
(d) Read the newspaper.

5. For about how long does Douglass write he stayed in Master Hugh's family in Chapter 7?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

6. What did Douglass mainly do with his time off while working for Mr. Covey?
(a) Write.
(b) Read.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Visit with street children.

7. 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?
(a) Mrs. Auld.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Mr. Daniel.
(d) Mrs. Lloyd.

8. What did Douglass hope for by going to the new farm where he was sent in Chapter 9?
(a) To have more time to read.
(b) To be beaten less.
(c) To have the chance to run away.
(d) To have more food.

9. Who does Douglass describe as "heavenly" in Chapter 10?
(a) Mr. Freeland.
(b) Mr. Covey.
(c) Master Hugh.
(d) Captain Auld.

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

11. What did Douglass vow to do during Chapter 6?
(a) Learn to read.
(b) Earn his freedom.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Learn to count money.

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

13. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?
(a) A stick to write in the dirt.
(b) A piece of paper.
(c) A book.
(d) A newspaper.

14. What caused Douglass to change in Chapter 10?
(a) Learning to write.
(b) Learning to read.
(c) Escaping.
(d) Fighting the slave trainer and winning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?

3. Which master did the slaves know to be violent in Chapter 8?

4. What does "abolitionist" mean?

5. What happened to Douglass after he was given to Mrs. Lucretia?

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