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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. What was the name of the slave who was killed in the water when he refused to get out after being beaten?
(a) Demby.
(b) Darby.
(c) Toby.
(d) Jo.

2. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?
(a) Money.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Food.

3. What did the father and son slave team take care of on the Colonel's farm, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) The cows and other farm animals.
(b) The garden.
(c) The pool.
(d) The carriages, horses, and stables.

4. When was Garrison's newspaper published?
(a) During the Civil War.
(b) After the Civil War.
(c) Before, during, and after the Civil War.
(d) Before the Civil War.

5. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

2. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?

3. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

4. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Douglass relate about himself in the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What common practice upsets Douglass, according to his narrative in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

6. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?

7. Why did the slaves claim that their master was better than other slaves' masters?

8. What does Phillips compare slaves to in the second Preface?

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

10. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?

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