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Frederick Douglass Chapter 1+6

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Frederick Douglass learned to read from which person:

a)

his mother

b)

Sophia Auld

c)

Hugh Auld

d)

Captain Anthony

2.

What was the first item he learned to read?

a)

Alphabet books

b)

The Newspaper

c)

The Columbian Orator

d)

The Bible

3.

When Frederick decided he wanted to read, how did he learn more words?

a)

Kept working with Sophia

b)

asked the white boys indirectly for help

c)

had a slave tutor

d)

took him many years to figure it out

4.

Lucretia treated him with kindness

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Who is Lucretia?

5.

When Master Thomas started to read the bible, he was kind to Frederick.

a)

Yes he was.

b)

No he was not.

c)

He did not ever learn the bible.

d)

He was never with a Master Thomas.

6.

Where was Frederick sent after he lived with Miss Lucretia?

a)

Tuckahoe

b)

Baltimore

c)

Tulum County

d)

Washington DC

7.

What did Frederick's master tell him when he arrived?

a)

He would help him out and talk to Covey.

b)

He needs to return or face consequences.

c)

He will talk to Covey but he needs to return.

d)

He needs to apologize for his behavior.

8.

Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date?

a)
  • He left his personal records behind when he escaped

b)
  • Slave owners keep enslaved people ignorant of their birth dates

c)

His mother died when he was young

d)

A fire destroyed the records

9.

Why do children of a slave-owning father and an enslaved mother have the worst lot of the slaves?

a)
  • They must face the cruel wrath of the slave-owner’s wife

b)

They are never freed

c)

They are assigned field work

d)
  • They are taken from their mothers

10.

What do the people Colonel Lloyd’s enslaves call the plantation on which Douglass grows up?

a)
  • Great House Farm

b)
  • Wye Town

c)

New Design

d)

Talbot

11.

What does Douglass gain from The Columbian Orator?

a)

A plan for escape

b)

An understanding of the political argument against slavery

c)

The meaning of “chattel”

d)

A sense of community

12.

Which of the following is not a reason Douglass is happy about the prospect of moving to Baltimore?

a)
  • The Aulds are described as a kind couple

b)

His cousin has described Baltimore as beautiful

c)

He is given a pair of trousers for the move

d)
  • He has no attachments at home

13.

Which of the following is not one of the overseers under whom Douglass grows up?

a)

Mr. Severe

b)
  • Mr. Gore

c)
  • Mr. Auld

d)

Mr. Hopkins