Frederick Douglass Chapters 9-11

Douglass' first test with Master Covey is to work with...

• donkeys
• oxen
• swine
• all of these

Why do the slaves refer to Covey as "the snake."

• He sneaks up on them.
• He stings them with his whip.
• He cheats at cards.
• He can wrestle like Jake the Snake Roberts

Sandy gives Frederick a _______ to protect him.

• branch 
• knife
• apple
• root

After Douglass and Covey fight, 

• Covey never touches him again.
• Covey has him arrested.
• Covey tries to shoot Frederick.
• Covey dies from his injuries.

During which holiday(s) do slaves have free time?

• Christmas to New Year's
• Palm Sunday to Easter
• Ash Wed to Easter
• They don't

Where does Douglass hold his school?

• In the home of a free black.
• In his master's basement.
• In a church they sneak into at night
• In an abandoned room in the Great House

Mr. Thomas Auld then becomes Douglass' next master in chapter nine. Auld is the worst kind of slave owner because he does what?

• Regularly beats his slaves

• Does not provide his slaves with adequate housing from the cold

• Does not provide adequate food

• Works the slaves past sundown and at Christmas

Douglass is then sent to Ed Covey, a poor farmer famous for what?

• A reputation as a slave breaker

• A reputation for drink

• A reputation for sleeping with his slaves

• A reputation for being kind to his slaves

Where does Douglass live after Baltimore?

• In St. Michael's

• In Charlotte

• In the Great House Farm

• In HIllsborough

When his new master attends a Methodist camp-meeting, What effect does Douglass say this had on him

• it made him more cruel and hateful in all his ways

• it would, at any rate, make him more humane and kind

• we seldom called him "Master"

• He commanded without firmness