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The first person to help Frederick Douglass learn to read was?

• Master Hughes

• the little boys he met at the pier

• the man who ran the bakery

• the wife of Master Hughes

Why does Douglass say that learning to read was a curse rather than a blessing?

• Learning to read has never helped anyone.

• It showed his horrible situation, but not how to escape from it.

• Learning anything new is never a blessing.

• It showed that anyone can learn anything.

What is one way that Frederick Douglass continued to teach himself how to read? (there is more than one correct answer)

• Running errands quickly so he could find the little boys on the dock.

• Trading bread for knowledge of how to read.

• Reading chronicles and other articles on his own.

• Going to school daily.

What word means a fear for the future?

• unabated

• vindication

• denunciation

• apprehension

According to the text, why does Douglass say the "learning to read had already come to torment him?"

• He was reading funny stories that he could relate to.

• He was reading about problems in slavery but didn't see a solution to the problem.

• He was reading about solutions to the problems that he was facing.

• He was reading about slavery.

The more Douglass read books such as "The Columbian Orator," the more he ___________________________.

• wanted to be a slave

• accepted his fate

• came to hate his enslaver or the master

• loved the master

How old was Douglass when he escaped from slavery?

• 30

• 20

• 18

• 12

What genre does "Frederick Douglass an American Slave" belong in?

• science fiction

• fiction

• graphic novel

• autobiography

Douglass does not reveal the names of the boys who taught him to read most likely because ___________.

• he wishes that he never learned to read and would like to put it behind him

• he had long forgotten who they were

• he is still angry at them for having their freedom

• it was illegal teach slaves to read and he does not want them to get in trouble

What was the title of Frederick Douglass's autobiography?

• The North Star

• The Portrait of an American Slave

• The Dream of Hope: The Story of Frederick Douglass

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave