from NARRATIVE OF FREDRICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE

The selection can best be identified as an autobiography because......

• It is an autobiography because it is told in the 3rd person.

• It is an autobiography because it is told in the 1st person.

• It is an autobiography because the narrator is describing real people.

• It is an autobiography the story has historical figures in an authentic setting.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

In paragraph 2 of the text, Douglass calls his mistress tigerlike to emphasize how---

• To emphasize how angry she was when she noticed her husband mistreating the slaves.

• To emphasize how confused she was about whether to hate or enjoy being a slave.

• To emphasize how threatening she became when she decided to deny him an education.

• To emphasize how forceful she became when it came to caring for the hungry or needy.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 2, the word commanded comes from the Latin root word that means to--

• Means to

  explain

• means to

  join

• means to

  rush

• means to

  entrust

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

The word converted in paragraph 4 means------

• It means to

  turn.

• It means to

  speak.

• It means to

  trick.

• It means to

  study.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the most likely reason the author included paragraph 5?

• To likely suggest that

  he could talk with his

  master if he were well-read.

• To likely suggest that a book gave him hope that someday he could be free.

• To likely show that reading a book and debating its ideas would set him free.

• To likely show that he is planning to run away soon.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Which of these conclusions about Douglass's unutterable anguish is supported by

paragraph 6?

• That he sees that his life would have been in turmoil even if he has been born free.

• That he sees that there is no such thing as the truth or human rights in the world.

• That he realizes that his master was correct about how reading a book was a big mistake.

• That he realizes that reading the book has shown him what he is missing by being enslaved.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Which of the following words best describes how Douglass feels after Master Hugh

puts a stop to his education?

• Douglass feels

  angry.

• Douglass feels

  discouraged.

• Douglass feels

  hopeful.

• Douglass feels

  determined.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which sentence from paragraph 3 of the selection best supports what you

chose in Part A?

• from this time I was most narrowly watched.

• Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell.

• If I was in a seperate room any considerable length of time, I was sure to be suspected of having a book, and was at once called to give an account of myself.

• All this, however,

  was too late.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

My mistress was, as I have said,a kind and tender-hearted woman: and in simplicity of

her sould she commenced.

What is the antecedent for the pronoun she in the above sentence?

• mistress

• simplicity

• soul

• human

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Through the experiences that Douglass experienced in this excerpt, he gained......

• Douglass gained gratitude for his master's and mistress's actions.

• Douglass gained a belief that people are not to be trusted.

• Douglass gained more knowledge about the problem of slavery.

• Douglass gained pleasure in spending time with his friends.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

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