Douglass/ Tubman Summative

"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" can best be identified as an autobiography because —

• it has a narrator describing real people

• it has historical figures in authentic settings

•    it is told in first person about actual events

• it is told in third person with accurate facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What would be Douglass's most likely reason for including the following statement?

As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers. (paragraph 4)

• To illustrate how Douglass learned
  to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge
  is sometimes
  better than having knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was Douglass's most likely reason for including the following statement?

“Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?” (paragraph 4)

• To illustrate how Douglass learned
  to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge
  is sometimes
  better than having knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was Douglass's most likely reason for including the following statement?

As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. (paragraph 6)

• To illustrate how Douglass learned
  to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge
  is sometimes
  better than having knowledge

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 2 of the selection, Douglass calls his mistress tigerlike to emphasize how —

• threatening she became when she decided to deny him an education

• confused she was about whether to hate or enjoy being a slave owner

• forceful she became when it came to caring for the hungry or needy

•   angry she was when she noticed her husband mistreating the slaves

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

Which word is best used in the place of abhor to keep the meaning of the sentence the same?

• Annoy

• Fear

• Impair

• Loathe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

As I read and contemplated the subject, behold! that very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come, to torment and sting my soul to unutterable anguish.

Which word is best used in the place of discontentment to keep the meaning of the sentence the same?

• Misery

• Potential

• Sensation

• Uncertainty

Tags

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 Douglass includes paragraph 5 in the text?

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

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

• To show that he was planning to run away soon from his master

• To suggest that he could talk with his master if he were well-read

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of these conclusions about Douglass’s unutterable anguish is supported by
paragraph 6?

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

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

• He realizes that his master was correct about how reading the book was a big mistake.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the cause of the following effect?

Douglass learns how to read.

• Douglass’s mistress teaches him the alphabet.

• Douglass makes friends with the poor white children in his neighborhood.

• Douglass obtains a copy of “The Columbian Orator.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3