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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Colonel often do when the slaves disrespected him?
(a) He withheld food.
(b) He reduced their water supply.
(c) He traded them away.
(d) He killed them.

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

4. 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.

5. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Trembled.
(c) Shook.
(d) Cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?

2. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?

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

4. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

5. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the punishment, if any, for killing a slave at this time in history?

2. What is the importance of Douglass knowing the slave master's family's names?

3. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

4. How does Douglass describe the treatment of mulatto slaves in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Garrison make Douglass seem to be so important to the abolitionist movement?

6. How were Colonel Lloyd's horses and carriages cared for?

7. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

8. What is the importance of the songs of the slaves in Chapter 2?

9. What upsets Douglass about his mother's death?

10. What was the situation surrounding Demby's death?

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