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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Reverend who teaches Prince while her new master is away in Scotland?
(a) Young.
(b) Pringle.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Forsyth.

2. When discussing the plight of slaves in Barbados, Vassa says the average life expectancy for a slave there is how long?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 45 years.

3. In his discussion of the Auld household, Douglass says that Mrs. Auld practices which trade?
(a) Baker.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Potter.
(d) Seamstress.

4. After his initial voyage as a kidnapped slave, Vassa is taken off the slave ship at which Caribbean island?
(a) Antigua.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Jamaica.

5. In the Preface to Douglass' narrative, Garrison says he became acquainted with Douglass during what year?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1758.
(d) 1794.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Auld's neighbors?

2. During which of the following years is Garrison's Preface dated?

3. In what year does Douglass say he went to St. Michael's?

4. What is the name of the ship on which Douglass is sent from Baltimore to St. Michael's?

5. For which of the following individuals does Prince first work after leaving the Woods family?

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