WorksheetsFredrick Douglass
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fredrick believed that his father was also his master.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Fredrick's mother dies in childbirth.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Fredrick begins his life as a slave as a field hand.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Fredrick's mistress, Sophia Auld teaches him to read.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Fredrick becomes bitter and unmanageable after learning to read and write.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Demby is a slave who is killed trying to escape from the plantation.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Fredrick is nearly killed by the cruel overseer, Mr. Freeland.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The most evil and brutal masters also were the most religious.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The most cruel thing a master could do to his slaves was to give them too little to eat.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Fredrick is nearly 8 years old before he is given a pair of pants.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Fredrick trusts no one as he makes plans to escape from the plantation.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Fredrick becomes a man when he fights back when Mr. Covey tries to beat him.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Fredrick opens his own Sabbath school to teach his friends to read.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Fredrick's grandmother is left alone to die in the woods after she is too old to work.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Mistress Sophia is the first kind white person Fredrick meets.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Fredrick is nearly blinded in a fight with his master, Mr. Covey.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Mr.Covey is well known for his ability to "break" slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Because of the many bad things that happen to Fredrick, he does not believe in God.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Fredrick returns to Baltimore to learn a trade.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Fredrick runs away from the plantation back to his master in Baltimore.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
After being beaten severely, Fredrick adjust to being a slave and is obedient.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Fredrick explains how slaves would sing while they worked to show their satisfaction with their lives.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Master Auld tried to punish the men the men who beat Fredrick at the ship yard.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Fredrick's first attempt to escape is halted because he is afraid of getting caught.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
After his first attempt at escape fails, Fredrick gives up any hope of being free.
a)
True
b)
False
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