WorksheetsExcerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The author says that the slave masters often:
Lied in order to make the slaves afraid.
Embellished the truth.
Were honest, but harsh men.
Were honorable truth tellers
Standard RI1.1 has to do with Citing Evidence. What are some things to remember about this type of questions? (select more than 1 answer)
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Cite evidence to support what the text says explicitly and implicitly
determine the central idea of a text
analyze how the central idea develops over the course of a text
Which phrase from the text best shows the slaveholders true character according to the narrator?
“Slaveholders pride themselves upon being honorable men”
“if you were to hear the enormous lies they tell their slaves, you would have small respect for their veracity”.
"they tell their slaves of the runaways they have seen, and describe them to be in the most deplorable condition”
None of these answers are correct.
All of the details below support the idea that the slave masters lied to their slaves about the North, EXCEPT
They said that runaway slaves seen were living in horrible conditions
Slave masters said slaves that had escaped wanted to return to slavery and were starving
That friends of their slaves that had gone away were longing to return to their kind masters
Slave masters told slaves they would have better lives in the north
Standard RI1.2 has to do with determining themes and their development What are some things to remember about this type of questions? (select more than 1 answer)
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Cite evidence to support what the text says explicitly and implicitly
determine the central idea of a text
analyze how the central idea develops over the course of a text
This text is written in what point of view?
First person
Second Person
Third Person
Impossible to determine
The author claims that the black man is “inferior” due to all of the following except:
He is forced to live in ignorance because of white man’s cruelty
He is less capable of learning
He is tortured by whipping
Fear of bloodhounds
Why is Mr. Litch an interesting neighbor to include first in a sketch of neighboring slave owners?
He was uneducated and ill bred, which is different from how slave owners are usually portrayed.
His extreme cruelty
He had a huge number of slaves
All of the above
Standard RI1.3 has to do with analyzing complex ideas and explaining how they development What are some things to remember about this type of questions? (select more than 1 answer)
Look for connections in ideas or events
Cite evidence to support what the text says explicitly and implicitly
Analyze how the author unfolds ideas or events
analyze how the central idea develops over the course of a text
What is the purpose of this text?
To show that slavery isn’t so bad
To portray the atrocities of slavery from the perspective of one slave girl
To abolish slavery
To show how easy slavery really was
True or False: When the text uses the term “bloodhounds” it is simply referring to a friendly dog breed.
True
False
Standard RI2.4 has to do with determining the meaning of words and phrases What are some things to remember about this type of questions? (select more than 1)
Look for context clues
Cite evidence to support what the text says explicitly and implicitly
Determine the meaning of words and phrases used in the text
analyze how the central idea develops over the course of a text
True or False: The Mason-Dixon Line is not only a geographical landmark, but a cultural landmark as well.
True
False
True or False: The Mason-Dixon Line is not only a geographical landmark, but a cultural landmark as well.
True
False
That one slave believed that “black people had sent word to the queen of 'Merica that they were all slaves; that she didn't believe it, and went to Washington City to see the president about it” shows evidence of which of the following?
Slaves had much opportunity for education
Slave owners accurately informed their slaves
Slaves often received faulty and often completely incorrect information
Slaves heard current events from others that was correct and up-to-date
