Fredrick Douglass Ch. 1

Why doesn't Frederick Douglass know his age?

• He doesn't understand the concept of years.

• the master would not tell him

• He forgot to ask.

• He doesn't think it matters.

Why does he guess he is 27 or 28?

• He uses his mom's age as reference.

• He just likes the number.

• He used moon charts.

• He once heard his master refer to his age.

What is NOT an inference we can make based on Douglass not knowing his age?

• The masters did not see slaves as real people.

• The masters cared for the slaves very much.

• The masters did not think slaves should be eduacted.

• The masters purposefully withheld information from slaves.

What does Douglass think of his first master, Captain Anthony?

• He is tall and strong.

• He is kind and supportive.

• He is a horrible person

• He is rich and generous.

Which quote supports your answer to the last question?

• "He owned two or three farms, and thirty slaves."

  
  

• "I do not remember his first name."

• "He was a cruel man, hardened by a long life of slave-holding."

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  "The overseer's name was Plummer."

What kind of imagery does Douglass use to describe how Captain Anthony treated the slaves?

• Kind and thoughtful

• Mysterious and intriguing

• Dark and spooky

• Gory and horrific

What can we infer about Douglass based on how he writes in Chapter 1?

• He is intelligent and educated.

• He only understands slang.

• He never had an education.

• He struggles to describe how he feels.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is told in the __________ tense, from a ___________ point of view.

• present; first person

• present; third person

• past; first person

• past; third-person

Why did the biracial children--those who had a slave mother but a white slave owning father -- suffer greater hardships on the plantation?

• the slave owner's wife found constant fault with them

• these children suffered harsher punishments so the slaveowner would not appear to favor them

• slave owners would sell these children off from their mothers

• all of the above

Compared to other slaves, mixed race slaves like Douglass are treated

• The same as other slaves

• better than other slaves

• more cruelly than other slaves

• like the master's children