Frederick Douglass Chapters 6-7

Who taught Frederick Douglass how to read?

• his mother
• Sophia Auld
• Hugh Auld
• Thomas Auld

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Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist? 

• a person who wanted to end slavery.
• a person who wanted to help endangered animals.
• a person who fought for women's rights.
• a presidential candidate.

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How was Douglass's new mistress unlike any other white woman he had ever seen?

• She helped him eat.

• She was kind to him.

• She whipped him.

• She was not kind to him.

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Why did Mrs. Auld's kind heart change?

• She didn't know Frederick Douglass.

• It was the first time she had a slave.

• Her husband influenced her thoughts of power.

• She didn't have any children.

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Explain the following quote from chapter 6 regading Mr. Auld:

"It would forever unfit him to be a slave"

• Learning how to read will make him realize that he is a person.

• Learning how to read will make him realize that he is not an animal.

• Learning how to read will make him realize that he has family.

• Learning how to read will make him realize that he has rights.

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What does Douglass trade with poor local boys in exchange for reading lessons?

• Cigarettes

• Bread

• Books

• Money

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Where does Douglass discover that the word “abolitionist” means “anti-slavery”?

• In a city newspaper

• In a book

• On a poster

• Sophia Auld tells him

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Which family does Douglass witness mistreating their slaves Henrietta and Mary?

• Hopkins

• Hamilton

• Hugh

• Hester

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True or False:

"Brutalize" is one of Mr. Auld's favorite words, because it means both to treat someone badly and to make someone into a brute.

• true

• false

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True or False:

The Columbian Orator is a newspaper Frederick Douglass used to read.

• true

• false

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