Ch. 7 – Reading Quiz on Frederick Douglass

What first step does Mrs. Auld take that marks her change from kind mistress to harsh slaveholder?

• She ceases to instruct Douglass in reading.

• She stops praying and attending church services.

• She sends Douglass back to the plantation at once.

• She forces Douglass to work in the ship-yard.

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What object in Douglass’s hands most enrages Mrs. Auld once she turns against his education?

• A copy of The Columbian Orator.

• A newspaper he tries to read.

• A letter he has written to a friend.

• A spelling book given by Master Hugh.

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By what main method does Douglass finally succeed in learning to read?

• He receives secret lessons at night from Mrs. Auld.

• He memorizes words from signs and shop windows only.

• He imitates the handwriting of ship carpenters.

• He makes friends with little white boys in the street.

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What does Douglass usually give the poor white boys in exchange for their help with reading?

• Marbles he has collected.

• Small coins he saves from errands.

• Bread from his house.

• Apples taken from the market.

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What is the title of the book Douglass obtains that powerfully shapes his thinking about slavery and human rights?

• The Christian Slaveholder’s Guide.

• The Columbian Orator.

• The American Abolitionist.

• The Slave’s Companion.

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How does Douglass finally learn the meaning of the words “abolition” and “abolitionist”?

• He reads a city newspaper describing northern petitions to abolish slavery.

• He overhears Master Hugh explaining the term to a visiting minister.

• He finds the full definition printed on a broadside posted at the wharf.

• He asks Mrs. Auld directly to explain the word to him.

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What advice do the two Irishmen unloading stone give Douglass when they learn he is a slave for life?

• To ask to be sent back to the plantation.

• To complain to the magistrates in Baltimore.

• To run away to the North.

• To hide his learning until he is older.

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Why does Douglass distrust the suggestion of the Irishmen even though he remembers it hopefully?

• He thinks they secretly despise Irish laborers as much as slaves.

• They might urge him to escape and then capture him for the reward.

• He fears they may secretly be friends of Master Hugh.

• He believes they want him to leave so they can take his place in the household.

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Why does Douglass decide not to attempt immediate escape after talking with the Irishmen?

• He worries that his grandmother will be punished if he runs away.

• He is ordered under close watch in the house and is never sent on errands again.

• He hears that all roads out of Baltimore are guarded by patrollers.

• He is still too young and wants first to learn to write so he can forge his own pass.

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What first gives Douglass the idea of how he might learn to write?

• Watching ship carpenters mark timber with letters.

• Seeing advertisements printed on walls.

• Hearing boys at school recite their spelling lessons.

• Looking at Master Hugh’s business letters.

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