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

2. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pen.
(b) Pencil.
(c) Quill and ink.
(d) Chalk.

3. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?
(a) Religion.
(b) Slaves needed guidance to survive.
(c) Laws.
(d) The need for workers.

4. What did Mrs. Auld do for a living?
(a) She was a secretary.
(b) She was a weaver.
(c) She was a baker.
(d) She was a teacher.

5. Why did Douglass have to go back to his birth place in Chapter 8?
(a) He got in trouble.
(b) His first master wanted him to go with his son.
(c) His first master died and had no will.
(d) His first master was mad with his current owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Douglass happy about receiving for his trip to help one of his master's relatives?

2. What happened to Douglass at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more than usual in Chapter 8?

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

5. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a separation that Douglass goes through in Chapter 8.

2. What was the situation that caused Douglass to go work for Mr. Walter Price?

3. What was the situation that caused Mr. Covey to fear Douglass?

4. Why did Douglass want to learn to write? How did he go about accomplishing that objective?

5. Why was Douglass so captivated with Mrs. Auld when he met her?

6. How would you describe the narrative point-of-view in Chapter 5?

7. Why did Douglass decide to learn to read?

8. What was Douglass's life like at first while working for Mr. Covey?

9. What did Master Thomas find fault in regarding Douglass's work in Chapter 9?

10. Who was Mr. Covey and how is he described?

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