Frederick Douglass

Which of the following tells a way that Frederick learned to read and write?

• He started working for a newspaper

• He traded food with some boys in the neighborhood.

• He joined the Underground Railroad.

• He went to school.

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When Douglass wrote, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free,” he probably meant ____.

• going to school meant you could be a freed slave.

• education opens up doors of opportunity.

• blacks could be freed if they could pass a reading test.

• none of the above.

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Soon after Douglass published his autobiography, he ____.

• helped run the Underground Railroad.

• organized uprising in the South.

• was captured and forced back into slavery.

• left the country for a speaking tour.

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What influence did Frederick Douglass have on President Lincoln?

• He helped Lincoln write his autobiography.

• He write the Gettysburg Address for Lincoln.

• He convinced Lincoln to allow black soldiers to fight for the North.

• All of the above.

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What was the author’s purpose for writing this book?

• to explain the history of the Civil War.

• to persuade readers to visit the Lincoln Memorial.

• to inform readers about the life and work of Frederick Douglass.

• to describe abolition.

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