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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Douglass' aunt who is badly beaten when he is a child?

2. How far is the distance between Brent's grandmother's house and the plantation house where Brent is sent to work?

3. Though he does not know for sure how old he is as his story begins, Douglass estimates that he is roughly how old?

4. What is the name of the doctor Brent wishes Ellen to see in Chapter 33?

5. After Douglass' aunt is beaten, he learns that she has been meeting her boyfriend. What is the name of the boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process by which Douglass teaches himself to write after Mrs. Auld stops teaching him.

2. At the beginning of his narrative, what reason does Douglass give for not knowing how old he is?

3. Why, after purchasing her from Dr. Flint, does Mr. Sands agree to send Ellen to the North?

4. What is the result when Brent falls in love with a free black man?

5. As Brent prepares to escape, she is able to spend a little time with her son. What is she surprised to learn upon reuniting with Benny?

6. Why does Brent start to fear her master when she is 15 years old?

7. According to Douglass, why does Mrs. Hicks murder the young slave girl who was watching the baby?

8. What changes in the last six months of Douglass' time with Mr. Covey?

9. As Brent's narrative begins, when and how does Brent find out that she is a slave?

10. Describe the process by which Mrs. Bruce is able to buy Brent's freedom from Mr. Dodge.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is there anything to Mr. Auld's argument that educating a slave is dangerous? Cite and discuss three ways in which an educated slave might be detrimental to the slave system, using supporting information from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss the reason why slaves were commonly separated from their families. What logistical purpose did the separation serve? Detail three ways in which the separation of family members benefited the slave system, as discussed by Douglass, and include supporting information from his narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the treatment Mary Prince receives at the hands of her various masters. Be sure to include details and supporting information from her narrative.

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