Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Excerpts 1 and 2

Slaves do not have knowledge about...

• how to work the plantations.

• how to make their masters happy.

• their age and birthdays.

• how to manage their time.

How did slavery affect children's relationships with their parents?

• Children were separated from their parents.

• Children didn't see their parents often.

• Parents worked on farms far from their children.

• All of the above.

True or False - People believed that Frederick Douglass' father was his slave master.

• True

• False

True or False - Frederick Douglass had an amazing relationship with his mother because he saw her every day and they talked often.

• True

• False

How does having power over their slaves seem to affect the overseer and the owner?

• The master was crueler than the overseer.

• The overseer didn't abuse the slaves beyond what his master wanted him to.

• Both the master and the overseer were nice and compassionate to their slaves.

• Both the master and the overseer are very cruel and physically abuse their slaves.

Why does Frederick Douglass describe the abuse of his aunt in such detail?

• To show that slavery is terrible for slaves.

• Because he wants the reader to understand how terrible the whippings were that the slaves received.

• To show that slavery was unpleasant for slaves.

• All of the above.

Why does Douglass describe the clothing that slaves were given in such detail? What is he trying to show?

• He is trying to show how slaves have everything that they need.

• He is trying to show how slaves' lives are miserable without proper clothing that is also coarse and uncomfortable.

• He is trying to show how much $7 worth of allowance is for a whole year.

• He is trying to show what happens at the Great House Farm.

Why didn't slaves get enough sleep?

• A. They had to work long hours on the plantation.

• B. They had to do their own chores and prepare for the next day.

• C. They had to sleep on a floor with a miserable blanket which made them stay awake at night.

• Both A and B.

• Both B and C.

What emotions did Douglass say that the songs sung by slaves conveyed?

• sadness

• joy

• contentment

• bitterness

What do many people in the North think that singing means for slaves?

• overwhelming sadness

• happiness and contentment

• that they are just singing

• that they are keeping themselves busy while working