WorksheetsFrederick Douglass Chapter 1+6
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
Frederick Douglass learned to read from which person:
his mother
Sophia Auld
Hugh Auld
Captain Anthony
What was the first item he learned to read?
Alphabet books
The Newspaper
The Columbian Orator
The Bible
When Frederick decided he wanted to read, how did he learn more words?
Kept working with Sophia
asked the white boys indirectly for help
had a slave tutor
took him many years to figure it out
Lucretia treated him with kindness
True
False
Who is Lucretia?
When Master Thomas started to read the bible, he was kind to Frederick.
Yes he was.
No he was not.
He did not ever learn the bible.
He was never with a Master Thomas.
Where was Frederick sent after he lived with Miss Lucretia?
Tuckahoe
Baltimore
Tulum County
Washington DC
What did Frederick's master tell him when he arrived?
He would help him out and talk to Covey.
He needs to return or face consequences.
He will talk to Covey but he needs to return.
He needs to apologize for his behavior.
Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date?
He left his personal records behind when he escaped
Slave owners keep enslaved people ignorant of their birth dates
His mother died when he was young
A fire destroyed the records
Why do children of a slave-owning father and an enslaved mother have the worst lot of the slaves?
They must face the cruel wrath of the slave-owner’s wife
They are never freed
They are assigned field work
They are taken from their mothers
What do the people Colonel Lloyd’s enslaves call the plantation on which Douglass grows up?
Great House Farm
Wye Town
New Design
Talbot
What does Douglass gain from The Columbian Orator?
A plan for escape
An understanding of the political argument against slavery
The meaning of “chattel”
A sense of community
Which of the following is not a reason Douglass is happy about the prospect of moving to Baltimore?
The Aulds are described as a kind couple
His cousin has described Baltimore as beautiful
He is given a pair of trousers for the move
He has no attachments at home
Which of the following is not one of the overseers under whom Douglass grows up?
Mr. Severe
Mr. Gore
Mr. Auld
Mr. Hopkins
