Frederick Douglass Test 1. Frederick Douglass ... - Garden of Praise

Frederick Douglass Test1. Frederick Douglass was born _____ inMaryland.A. a free personB. a slaveC. a member of the master’s familyD. to a white mother2. Douglass was with his mother______ .A. until he was 12 years oldB. until he was grownC. only 4 or 5 times in his lifeD. until he was 4 or 5 years old3. Slaves received a _____ allowance offood.A. dailyB. yearlyC. monthlyD. bimonthly4. If a slave’s shirt wore out he would_____.A. have to do withoutB. ask the master for a new oneC. borrow from his brotherD. ask his mother to make another one5. The slave’s bed was _____.A. a mattress filled with feathersB. a pad filled with corn husksC. some braided ropesD. a coarse blanket6. Colonel Lloyd’s garden was _____.A. open to everyoneB. only for the slavesC. off-limits to the slavesD. for his children’s meals only7. The garden fence had _____.A. flowers growing on itB. sticky tar on itC. pickets close togetherD. barbed wire at the top8. If an overseer killed a slave _____.A. there were no consequencesB. he was put on trial for his lifeC. he had to pay a fineD. he had to apologize to the family9. The slave children were fed _____.A. on wooden platesB. in a troughC. at the dining tableD. after the adults ate10. When Frederick was seven or eightyears old he _____.A. continued to live with his motherB. worked hard in the fieldsC. cared for the Auld’s young sonD. went to public school11. Mrs. Auld stopped teachingFrederick how to read because _____.A. he became such a good readerB. it was against the law to teach himC. they hired a tutor for himD. he was put in a private school

12. Frederick’s ideas about slavery wereformed by _____.A. Mrs. AuldB. talking to the other slavesC. talking to the masterD. reading a book13. _____ is a person who is in favor ofabolishing something.A. An abolitionistB. An absolutistC. An answer manD. An anarchist14. Mr. Covey stopped whippingFrederick when he _____.A. cried after the whippingB. told him how much it hurtC. got his friends to help himD. fought back15. Douglass began a ______ to teachother slaves to read.A. public schoolB. Sunday schoolC. Sabbath schoolD. slave school17. When he was apprenticed to a shipbuilder Douglass _____.A. saved his money to buy his freedomB. gave the money to the other slavesC. had to give the money to the masterD. hid the money in his mattress18. His English friends _____.A. sent him back to his masterB. raised money to purchase his freedomC. persuaded him to stay in EnglandD. taught him how to read19. He published an abolitionistnewspaper called _____.A. Freedom PressB. The Underground RailroadC. The North StarD. The Abolitionist20. Frederick Douglass _____.A. served in several government postsB. became a great actorC. became President of the United StatesD. was appointed to the Supreme Court16. Once he ended up in prison becausehe _____.A. killed a manB. tried to run awayC.stole some foodD. refused to workCopyright © 2009 Patsy Stevens, gardenofpraise.comNonprofit duplication permitted