Frederick Douglass Review

The selection 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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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

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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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the phrase that correctly uses an infinitive phrase in the underlined section in the sentence below. "More than ever, Frederick Douglass wanted to be learned how to read."

• learn how to read

• learning how to read

• to learn how to read

• correct as is

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the phrase that correctly uses an infinitive phrase in the underlined section in the sentence below. "He got a lesson from his friends, he brought them bread."

• To get a lesson from his friends

• By getting a lesson from his friends

• He was getting a lesson from his friends

• Correct as is

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the most likely reason the author 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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which word best describes how Douglass feels after Master Hugh puts a stop to his education?

• Angry

• Determined

• Hopeful

• Discouraged

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which sentence from paragraph 3 of the selection best supports the answer to Part A?

• From this time I was most narrowly watched.

• If I was in a separate 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.

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

An author writes the life story of another person 

• biography
• autobiography 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10