Frederick Douglass: Forever Free

The more young Frederick read about abolition, the more ______.

• he fought with other slaves

• he wanted to go to college

• he dreamed of escape

• he wanted to meet President Lincoln

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.

Young Frederick learned that abolition is the act of _______.

• ending, or doing away with, slavery

• starting the Civil War

• keeping the rights of slave owners

• giving the right to vote to women

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 doors of opportunity

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

• none of the above

Soon after Douglass published his autobiography, he _______.

• helped run the Underground Railroad

• organized uprisings in the South

• was captured and forced back into slavery

• left the country for a speaking tour

What did Douglass do when he returned to the United States?

• He founded a newspaper.

• He went back to the South.

• He died of cholera.

• He was arrested for protesting at the White House.

Which of the following changes did Douglass's writing and speaking help bring about after the Civil War?

• Slavery was abolished.

• Former slaves became part of the Underground Railroad.

• All men and women were granted the right to vote.

• All of the above.

What influence did Frederick Douglass have on President Abraham Lincoln?

• He helped Lincoln write his autobiography.

• He wrote the Gettysburg Address for Lincoln.

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

• All of the above.

Read these sentences: Douglass spoke so well that some whites refused to believe that he had ever been a slave. To prove he had been a slave, Douglass wrote an autobiography. What describes the relationship between these sentences?

• The sentences describe steps in a process.

• The first sentence gives the cause of the second.

• The sentences compare and contrast two events.

• The second sentence gives the reason for the first.

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

• to explain the history of the American Civil War

• to persuade readers to visit the Lincoln Memorial

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

• to describe abolition