WorksheetsDouglass End Unit Test
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What happened to the grandmother of Douglass?
She passed away of old age.
She escaped to freedom.
She was left to starve in a shabby cottage, alone.
She was killed while Douglass was still a slave.
Douglass juxtaposes how his grandmother should be treated with how she is treated. Find text-based evidence that explains what is happening to her when Douglass writes: She should have children dancing in her presence
Douglass juxtaposes how his grandmother should be treated with how she is treated. Find text-based evidence that explains what is happening to her when Douglass writes: Hearing the voice of her children
Douglass juxtaposes how his grandmother should be treated with how she is treated. Find text-based evidence that explains what is happening to her when Douglass writes: Needs children to physically help her
What two pieces of evidence support Douglass's view that his grandmother did not deserve what happened to her?
"my poor old grandmother, the devoted mother of twelve children, is left all alone"
"made her welcome to the privilege of supporting herself there in perfect loneliness"
"none of her children or grandchildren present, to wipe from her wrinkled brow the cold sweat of death"
"She had served my old master faithfully from youth to old age"
What mood does Douglass use when describing the hut his grandmother stayed in?
Happy
Depressing
Exciting
Melancholy
What figurative language does Douglass use to make a comparison in this sentence from paragraph 2:
“She was nevertheless left a slave—a slave for life—a slave in the hands of strangers; and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren, divided, like so many sheep, without being gratified with the small privilege of a single word, as to their or her own destiny.”
Apostrophe
Simile
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
What does mourn mean in this sentence:
“If my poor old grandmother now lives, she lives to suffer in utter loneliness; she lives to remember and mourn over the loss of children, the loss of grandchildren, and the loss of great-grandchildren.”
to be angry
o be sad
to be confused
to be heartbroken
Which context clues for the following sentence, best helps you determine the meaning of the word sod:
“She stands—she sits—she staggers—she falls—she groans—she dies—and there are none of her children or grandchildren present, to wipe from her wrinkled brow the cold sweat of death, or to place beneath the sod her fallen remains.”
she dies, place beneath, cold sweat of death
she stands, cold sweat, grandchildren
she staggers, she falls, wrinkled brow
she groans, none of her children present, to wipe
Why is old age a "needful" time?
In Paragraph 1 Fredrick Douglass hints at his purpose for recounting what happened to his grandmother. Choose one purpose from below and support it with evidence.
His purpose is to convince his audience that slavery is terrible for slaves.
His purpose is to convince his audience that slavery corrupts white slave owners.
