Sojourner Truth

Which of the following is a SUMMARY of the text?

•  "Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman!"

•  "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles,or gives me any best place!"

• “Speech to the Ohio Women’s Conference”

• Sojourner Truth said that women deserve the same rights as men.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Sojourner Truth wanted to vote, be educated and end slavery...

• False

• True

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What hardships does Truth describe enduring as a slave in "Ain't I a Woman?" Choose two options.

• being denied an education

• being whipped

• being sold repeatedly

• seeing her children sold

• seeing her husband killed

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which main type of discrimination did she face at the time of her speech?

• Against African American women.

• Against escaped slaves.

• Against the uneducated.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which statement best summarizes Truth's attitudes about work?

• Women can work as hard as men.

• Women should work harder.

• Men should allow women equal rights.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence in the speech uses REPETITION?

• Ain't I a woman?

• Look at me!

• Where did your Christ come from?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "twixt" mean in the following sentence:
"I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon"

• between

• fix

• inside

• about

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is Truth's purpose in writing this speech?

• arguing for equal rights for men and women

• to complain about mistreatment of women

• to list what she has been through 

• to fight slavery

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following best describes Truth’s tone in “Ain’t I A Woman?”

• Defensive

• Encouraging

• Demanding

• Funny

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which is NOT an argument Truth makes as to why women and men should have equal rights? 

• Women can do anything men can do. 

• Christ was born from God and a woman

• Women are smarter than men

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1