Behind the Scenes Chapter 3

Why did Keckley seek work as a dressmaker?

• To earn money to pay for her daughter's wedding.

• Keckley went to work doing the only thing she knew how to do so that her elderly mother didn’t have to.

• Keckley went to work to earn money for Captain Burwell.

• Keckley went to work to make money for her family so her son didn't have to work.

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Describe Keckley's tone as she described Mr. Garland's "ill luck" in Chapter 3.

• Keckley's tone is uncaring as she discusses Mr. Garland's inability to support his family.

• Keckley's tone is anger as she discusses Mr. Garland's inability to support his family.

• Keckley's tone is unbelievable as she discusses Mr. Garland's inability to support his family.

• Keckley's tone is sympathetic as she discusses Mr. Garland's inability to support his family.

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How did Keckley and her mother feel about the family (The Garlands) they worked for?

• They considered themselves members of the family, despite the fact that they were slaves and servants to the Garland family.

• They despised the Garlands because they wanted Keckley's mother to go to work in New York alone.

• They were joyful because the Garlands were going to pay for their freedom.

• They were angry because the Garlands wanted to sell Elizabeth for some hogs.

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What does the term "Anglo-Saxon" mean as it is used in Chapter 3 of Behind the Scenes?

• a person who is mixed race.

• a person of African American descent

• a person of colonial descent or British origin.

• a person who was born in America after the Civil War.

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Who was born with Anglo-Saxon blood and African blood?

• Elizabeth Keckley's son George.

• Colonel Burwell's oldest son.

• Mr. Garland's children.

• All of Abraham Lincoln's children.

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Why does Elizabeth believe her son should be free?

• Because he was born in New York, which was a free state.

• He deserved to live with his father on the plantation.

• Because he deserved to go to war with Robert Lincoln.

• Both white blood and black blood flowed in his veins, and were mixed together. The white blood made him free, but the black blood meant he was a slave.

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What reason does Keckley give her master Mr. Garland, for not becoming free in the manner he suggests?

• She wants to wait for the signal from the conductor of the Underground Railroad.

• She wants to run away without her son so he does not slow her down.

• She wants to be free legally by the laws of the land.

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In chapter 3, who did Elizabeth and her mother live with?

• David Ruggles

• Rev. Pennington

• Mr. Garland and his wife Ann

• Her Uncle

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How much money did Mr. Garland charge for Keckley and her son's freedom?

• 1000

• 500

• 1200

• He refused any money and told them to get on the ferry to New York.

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Why did Keckley decide not to accept the signature from Mr. Farrow?

• He had no faith that Keckley would return from New York.

• He was rude and disrespectful to Mrs. Lincoln.

• He told her that her son should not be free because of his race.

• He told her that she could go free but her son must stay in Virginia.

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