WTW 17

Mrs. Auld taught Douglass basic ______ skills Mr. Auld thought this was _____ idea.

• A .cooking

• B. working

• C reading skills

• D. a good

• E. a terrible

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Mr. Auld predicts that Douglass would become "discontented and unhappy" if he learned how to read. In which sentence best describe the outcome of Mr. Auld's prediction

• The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers

• The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.

• Behold! that very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come

• but while they relieved me of one difficulty, they brought on another even more painful than the one of which I was relieved

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following things did Douglass do in order to learn how to read?

• He received more lessons from Mrs. Auld.

• He took his book with him on errands and studied.

• He went to school.

• He exchanged bread for reading lessons.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

According to the passage what caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more?

• The Aulds beat him severely.

• He reads an essay that discussed love and hate.

• He saw the terrible living conditions of the enslaved people in Baltimore.

• He realized that enslaved people has been stolen away from their lives as free people in Africa

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Why did Douglass have to leave Baltimore?

• His owner died.

• He needed a vacation.

• Mr. Auld was frustrated with him.

• He wanted to visit his grandmother at Captain Anthony's estate.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What caused Douglass to say, "I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both slave and slaveholder" (

• Witnessing Captain Anthony's last miserable days.

• Seeing people and animals being weighed on scales.

• Seeing enslaved people inspected like property alongside farm animals.

• Witnessing brutal fights between enslaved people and slaveholders.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Both animals and enslaved people were being A.______ for possible B.________.

• Freed

• liberation

• priced

• sale

• slaughter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What did Douglass hope would change Captain Auld?

• Seeing the effects of slavery on real people.

• Listening to the lectures of the Abolitionists.

• Turning to religion.

• Returning to poverty.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

The enslaved people disliked all of the preachers who would visit Captain Auld.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

How does Douglass feel about religion?

• He believes religion only is used to enslaved people.

• He argues religion in America is hypocritical.

• He thinks religion can mostly be used to free enslaved people.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6