Here are the answers based on the questions provided:
Question at position 1
The selection can best be identified as an autobiography because...
- Answer: it is told in first person about actual events
Question at position 2
Match each statement from the text to the author’s reason for writing it.
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Prompt: As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers.
Answer: As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers. -
Prompt: “Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?”
Answer: “Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?” -
Prompt: As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.
Answer: As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.
Question at position 3
In paragraph 2 of the selection, Douglass calls his mistress tiger-like to emphasize how...
- Answer: threatening she became when she decided to deny him an education
Question at position 4
Which word is best used in the place of abhor to keep the meaning of the sentence the same?
- Answer: Loathe
Question at position 5
More than ever, Frederick Douglass wanted...
- Answer: to learn to read.
Question at position 6
Blank: ..., he brought them bread.
- Answer: to feed the hungry.
Question at position 7
Which word is best used in the place of discontentment to keep the meaning of the sentence the same?
- Answer: Misery
Question at position 8
What is the most likely reason the author includes paragraph 5 in the text?
- Answer: To suggest that a book gave him hope that someday he could be free
Question at position 9
Which of these conclusions about Douglass’s unutterable anguish is supported by paragraph 6?
- Answer: He realizes that reading the book has shown him what he is missing by being enslaved.
Question at position 10
Match each effect to the corresponding cause.
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Prompt: Douglass’s mistress teaches him the alphabet.
Answer: Douglass learns to read. -
Prompt: Douglass makes friends with the poor white children in his neighborhood.
Answer: Douglass gains access to books. -
Prompt: Douglass obtains a copy of “The Columbian Orator.”
Answer: Douglass becomes enlightened.
Question at position 11
Part A: Which word best describes how Douglass feels after Master Hugh puts a stop to his education?
- Answer: Determined
Question at position 12
Part B: Which sentence from paragraph 3 of the selection best supports the answer to Part A?
- Answer: Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell.
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