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WorksheetsFrederick Douglass Review (Ch. 1 and 6)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who were Douglass's mother and father?
Nancy Baily and Tom Ford
Colonel Lloyd and Lucretia
Harriet Bailly and a white man
Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date?
A fire destroyed the records.
His mother died when he was young.
The master didn't tell the slaves.
Why do children of a slave-owning father and slave mother have the worst lot of the slave?
They must face the cruel wrath of the slave-owner's wife.
They are assigned field work.
They are never freed.
What even does Douglass connect with his introduction to the horrors of slavery?
his birth
Captain Anthony's whipping of Aunt Hester
Learning to read
Why does Frederick rarely see his mother?
She works on another part of the planation.
She lives on another plantation and can't leave a lot.
She does not want to see the master.
What is the roll of the overseer on the plantation?
To cook and clean and work in the fields.
To watch over the slaves and make sure they are working.
To own slaves
Douglass was allowed to be present during his mother's illness, her death, and burial
True.
False.
Mr. Plummer was considered a cruel, savage, violent monster.
True.
False.
How was Douglass's new mistress unlike any other white woman he had ever seen?
She was kind to him.
She was not kind to him.
She helped him eat.
Why did Mrs. Auld's kind heart change?
She didn't know Frederick Douglass.
Her husband influenced her thoughts of power.
It was the first time she had a slave.
Explain the following quote from Ch. 6 regarding Mr. Auld: "It would forever unfit him to be a slave."
Learning how to read will make him realize that he is a person.
Learning how to read will make him realize that he has a family.
Learning how to read will make him realize that he has rights.
Which family does Douglass witness mistreating their slave Henrietta and Mary?
Hopkins
Hamilton
Jones
City slave and plantation slaves are treated the same.
True.
False.
Mrs. Auld taught Frederick to...
read
cook and clean
hunt
Why does Frederick call Mr. Auld's forbidding his learning how to read "invaluable instruction"?
It confirmed that education is necessary and important.
It taught him to accept his place as a slave.
It scared him into submission.
