Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Exercises of Literature

Download Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and more Exercises Literature in PDF only on Docsity! Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 1 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. Who was Frederick Douglass’s father? 2. Why didn’t Douglass know Harriet Bailey, his mother? 3. How did Douglass’s mother visit him? 4. When enslaved children were the sons or daughters of the slave owner, were they treated better than the other enslaved children? 5. Why did the slave owner whip Aunt Hester? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 2 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. What did the enslaved sailors on the sloop Sally Lloyd get to see that was considered to be a privilege.? 2. What did the enslaved children have to wear? 3. What happened if their clothes wore out? 4. What did the enslaved people do after they worked all day? 5. Who replaced Mr. Severe as overseer, and how was the new overseer different from Mr. Severe? 6. Did the enslaved people sing because they were happy? Why did they sing? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 5 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. Was Douglass comfortable when he was a child on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation? 2. Why did Douglass scrub himself and his clothes thoroughly before going to Baltimore? 3. Why did Douglass feel like Colonel Lloyd’s plantation was not his home? 4. What was so strange and different about Sophia Auld? 5. Looking back, how did Douglass feel about his move to Baltimore? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 6 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. What does Douglass mean by “crouching servility”? 2. Why did Mr. Auld tell Mrs. Auld to stop teaching young Douglass how to read? 3. What did Douglass realize when he heard the slave owner explain why slaves should not be taught to read? 4. Why did crowded conditions in the city affect the way enslaved servants were treated by their “masters” in public? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 7 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. How did owning another person affect Mrs. Auld? 2. How did Douglass continue to learn how to read? 3. According to Douglass, was “Master Hugh” right about teaching him to read? 4. How did Douglass learn about the abolition movement? 5. Why didn’t Douglass ask the friendly Irishmen to help him to escape? 6. Why did Douglass learn how to forge (imitate) signatures? 7. Why did Douglass have penmanship contests using chalk and walls with the poor white boys? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 10 Part A Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. Why was Douglass “awkward” when he first got to Covey’s? 2. How did Covey keep the enslaved people working even when he wasn’t there? 3. Why did Covey buy Caroline? 4. What did Douglass feel when he saw the boats on the bay? 5. Why did Thomas send Douglass back to Covey’s even though Douglass thought Covey might kill him? 6. What did Sandy give Douglass? Did it make a difference in the way Douglass saw his world? 7. Why didn’t Covey punish Douglass after the fight? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 10 Part B Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. How did the slaveholders use the holidays to keep the enslaved people from wanting their freedom? 2. What does Douglass mean by “the mode . . . to disgust the slave with freedom, by allowing him to see only the abuse of it”? 3. How did Douglass feel about religious slaveholders? 4. What was “the sweetest engagement with which [Douglass] was ever blessed”? 5. What did Auld do to Douglass after the escape attempt? 6. What was Douglass’s job in Baltimore? 7. Why did the white carpenters stop working? 8. What happened to the money Douglass made as a calker? Name: Date: Reading Check Chapter 11 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. Why doesn’t Douglass tell us his means of escape? 2. What did Douglass think of the Underground Railroad? 3. What was the deal Douglass made with Hugh so that he could make money to escape? 4. How did Douglass feel about leaving Baltimore? 5. Why did Douglas adopt the motto, “Trust no man” in New York? 6. Where did the name “Frederick Douglass” come from? 7. Why did Douglass think that the people in New Bedford would be poor? 8. How were the lives of Black people different in New Bedford than in the South? Were there similarities as well? Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 2 Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Hardened in wrongdoing, stubborn a. obdurate b. obstinate c. obedient d. obsidian 2. Incoherent talk; also, the specialized language of a particular group a. gobbledygook b. jargon c. dialect d. jugular 3. Lack of cultivation or familiarity with civilization, savagery a. biliousness b. bombast c. barbarity d. hilarity 4. To value greatly a. astern b. estimate c. evince d. esteem 5. To show clearly a. evince b. obdurate c. obviate d. envision 6. To plan secretly a. conspire b. contract c. conscript d. aspire 7. Extremely wicked or cruel a. ineffable b. fiendish c. squeamish d. inconsiderate 8. Expressing overwhelming emotion a. sentimental b. rabid c. incoherent d. rapturous Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 9. Incapable of being expressed or described a. mute b. effable c. ineffable d. ephasic 10. A misdeed; a small offense, less serious than a felony a. sloop b. fib c. misdemeanor d. mishap Write a sentence for each vocabulary word. 11. diligently 12. rude 13. incoherent 14. ineffable 15. rapturous 16. conspire 17. esteem 18. evince 19. obdurate 20. jargon Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 3 Circle the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Stanley sold all his (equipage, reportage) for shining shoes and bought a lawnmower when he moved to the suburbs. 2. Cher is an excellent mechanic, but one cruel customer was able to (defuse, defile) her reputation all over town. 3. Hannah will (brook, bank) no interruptions when she is painting a portrait. 4. Sometimes a police force will use pepper spray to (oppress, suppress) a riot. 5. John began to (disintegrate, execrate) his younger brother for being disrespectful to their mother. 6. Phyllis’s interest in his coin collection is a clever (stratagem, stratiform) for getting Mario’s attention. 7. Because Gabe’s (supposition, imposition) is that Claire will arrive late, he tells her that the train is leaving a half hour before its scheduled departure time. 8. A favorite (axon, maxim) of Robert’s is “Seize the day.” 9. Cassie began to (imbibe, elude) her older sister’s habit of making her bed every morning. Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 17. What is a synonym for the word immutable? 18. What is a synonym for the word homage? 19. What is a synonym for the word grave? 20. What is a synonym for the word subversion? Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 5 Numbers 1 to 9. Use the vocabulary words in the list below to complete the story. ecstasy eloquent severe fluent galling providence consolation egotistical ridicule Paolo was tired of being the subject of at his cousins’ home because they spoke Spanish, and he did not. Paolo was an extremely young man, and his cousins’ laughter had caused damage to his self-esteem. The fact that he was in English was no either. Then one day, delivered Paolo away from his predicament and toward the of romantic love. A young Spanish-speaking woman began to visit his cousins’ house when he was there and to use Spanish language in praise of him. At first he could take no from these speeches because he did not understand them. Soon, however, because of his growing affection for her, he began to learn and to speak her language. Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 10. My terrier bounces in (ecstasy, excision) when he sees me come in the door. 11. With trees falling and shutters banging, we knew the storm was (revere, severe) without the weather report. 12. In Titanic, the heroine stands with arms outstretched on the (bow, brow) of the ship. 13. A cup of water and a gentle voice will give the child some (insulation, consolation) after the loss of her pet. 14. One of Lincoln’s most (elegant, eloquent) speeches, though a very short one, was the Gettysburg Address. Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 15. A group of dolphins leapt and danced (daft, aft) of the boat in her wake. 16. A language instructor once said that one has to be raised in France in order to be a (fluent, fluid) French speaker. 17. A violin out of tune is a (galling, gelling) sound to a musician’s ears. 18. With the gift of (prudence, providence), Melinda and Charlie started a successful bed and breakfast at Melinda’s mother’s birthplace. 19. Muhammad Ali was quite (egotistical, elyptical) during the height of his boxing career, but his confidence probably helped him succeed. 20. Clarence had to put up with (reticule, ridicule) from his classmates when he rode the unicycle to school. Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Answer the questions about each vocabulary word. 13. What is an antonym of the word divest? 14. What is an antonym of the word apprehension? 15. What is a synonym of the word apt? 16. What is a synonym of the word prudence? 17. What is an antonym of the word console? 18. What is a synonym of the word unabated? 19. What is an antonym of the word loathe? 20. What is an antonym of the word wretched? Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 8 Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Cheryl will try one more (entreaty, entrail), and then she will give up on getting permission to drive a motorcycle. 2. Because he is a (bounteous, righteous) man, Karl would not allow the others to tease the new student. 3. On first seeing her long-lost sister, Millie’s emotions were (unalterable, unutterable). 4. Tim is known for his late nights at expensive clubs, and his (dissertation, dissipation) makes him very popular with the waiters. 5. Because of his (profligate, proletariat) spending, we decided not to send Jordan to buy supplies for the stage set. Answer the questions about each vocabulary word. 6. What is an antonym for the word profligate? 7. What is a synonym for the word profligate? 8. What is a synonym for the word entreaty? Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 9. What is an antonym for the word dissipation? 10. What is a synonym for the word unutterable?? 11. What is a synonym for the word righteous? 12. What is an antonym for the word righteous? 13. What is a synonym for the word dissipation? 14. What is an antonym for the word unutterable? Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 10 Part A Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Leadership has always been Shayla’s (forte, ford), and she doesn’t do well taking direction from others. 2. Dallas spends a lot of time in quiet meditation, and his (lofty, drafty) dreams make him smile. 3. Gerald will (quote, quail) if he sees Monica scowling because he knows how hot her temper is. 4. People in love often believe that theirs is a (singular, sanguine) experience which will never happen again and has never really happened before. 5. If you don’t shake the orange juice, the (drills, dregs) will gather at the bottom of the container. 6. The white tiger was stunning as it crouched in the (hungering, lingering) rays of moonlight. 7. All of the huskies are (yoked, yanked) in pairs except the lead dog, who is harnessed alone. 8. Do not (tussle, trifle) with Dale’s affections, because his heart has been broken recently. 9. With charm and (dunning, cunning), Anthony lured his customer into a huge purchase of clothing and makeup. 10. The male African lion is known for his (languor, anger), while the female is the hunter in the family. 11. After the match, the boxer was in a (stupor, supine) for several hours. Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Write a definition for each of these vocabulary words. 12. dregs, noun 13. lofty, adjective 14. languish, verb 15. defiance, noun 16. feeble, adjective 17. comply, verb 18. turbid, adjective 19. gallant, adjective 20. apostrophe, noun Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Vocabulary Test Chapter 10 Part B Choose the definition that best matches each vocabulary word. 1. imbue, verb 2. propriety, noun 3. redress, noun 4. visaged, adjective 5. indignation, noun 6. concert, noun 7. staid, adjective 8. insurrection, noun 9. benevolence, noun 10. harass, verb 11. feasible, adjective 12. digress, verb 13. ardently, adverb 14. vindicate, verb 15. calamity, noun a. Serious, sober, marked by self-restraint b. Open revolt against civil authority c. Kindness d. That which is proper or socially acceptable e. Communication of and agreement in actions or beliefs f. Compensation for a wrong, loss, or injury g. Anger provoked by injustice or wrongdoing h. To inspire or influence; to permeate or saturate i. To irritate or torment persistently j. Capable of being accomplished, possible k. Faced; from the noun visage, meaning “face” l. Passionately, enthusiastically m. To justify, to clear of blame, or to prove the worth of n. An extraordinary disaster causing great loss or grief o. To turn aside from the main subject of a conver- sation or argument Name: Date: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Write a sentence for each vocabulary word. 16. erroneous 17. exculpate 18. commensurate 19. scathing 20. dilapidated Name: Date: Final Test, Part 1 – Objective Questions Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1. Irene Morgan did not allow the Virginia police to her right to ride the bus to Balti- more in 1944. a. emaciate b. suppress c. provide d. strategize 2. A line from Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land Is Your Land” became a to the popular movement toward peace and equality during the late 1960s. a. gory b. brook c. rapture d. maxim 3. Frederick Douglass’s first master was . a. Captain Anthony b. Master Tuckahoe c. his mother d. the captain’s wife 4. Each enslaved adult received per year. a. 2 linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, one pair of stockings b. 4 linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, two pair of stockings c. 4 woolen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, two pair of stockings d. 4 cotton shirts, one pair of linen trousers, three pair of stockings 5. According to Douglass, why did the enslaved workers sometimes praise their masters? a. They were loyal to their masters who fed and clothed and housed them. b. They were human, so they preferred their masters to masters they did not know. c. They did not know any life different to what they had and assumed their masters were good people. d. If they did not praise their masters, they and their families would be beaten or sold away. 6. What did Mr. Gore believe about the punishment of slaves? a. He believed it was a necessary but unpleasant task to punish them. b. He believed it was better to punish ten innocent slaves than accuse one master of making a mistake. c. He believed all the slaves he accused were guilty of the things he accused them of. d. He believed slaves should be tried first and then punished if necessary. Name: Date: Final Test, Part 2 – Objective Questions Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 7. What did the masters MOST want the slaves to do at Christmastime? a. dance b. drink whisky c. wrestle d. sing songs together 8. What did Douglass want more than a kind master and a comfortable place to work and study? a. to live upon free land as well as with Freeland b. to help escaping slaves c. to punish those who were involved with the Railroad d. to leave his Baltimore friends. 9. What did Douglass NOT find in New Bedford, Massachusetts? a. sailing ships in the harbor b. clean warehouses of brick c. well-kept gardens, and workers not being whipped or yelled at. d. slaves working happily on the waterfront 10. When she first met Douglass, Mrs. Auld had warm kind feelings toward slaves because . a. she had never had a slave and had earned her own living as a weaver. b. she wanted to be a teacher and liked his intelligence. c. she was a good Christian woman. d. she lived in the city where the appearance of kindness toward slaves was respected. Name: Date: Final Written Test Part 1 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Write 2-3 complete sentences in response to each of the following questions. 1. During the mid 1800s slaveholders in Maryland bred and kept enslaved people in the manner that ranchers kept cattle in the west. They separated the young from their mothers, they fed them from a trough like pigs, and they grouped them with their own children to bond them in slave/master relationship from an early age. How did Douglass’s own early life develop as each of these things was done to him? 2. Why did the slaves not rebel during the holidays, and how did the slave owners manage to keep them from rebelling during the holiday season? Give specific activities the masters in- sisted the slaves do over the holidays. Name: Date: Final Written Test Part 1 Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 3. How did Mr. Severe cause the slaves to live in terror? 4. How did Douglass manage to fool his coworkers and his masters so no one would suspect he was about to escape? (Bonus: Use the word perseverance in your answer.) 5. Write about Mrs. Auld’s treatment of Douglass and compare it to the treatment he received from Mr. Auld. How was her treatment of him more cruel than her husband’s? Guided Reading Questions Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 1 1. Douglass’s father was a white man, possibly the slave owner--the man Douglass calls the “master.” 2. Shortly after Douglass’s birth, Harriet Bailey was hired out to another slave owner who lived twelve miles away. It was the custom in Maryland to keep enslaved women from caring for their children 3. She walked twelve miles to see him after sunset when her work was done, and then walked back so she would arrive in time to be working in the fields by sunrise. 4. No. Often the enslaved children of the slave owner were treated worse. They were a “constant offence” to the slave owner’s wife, and were often sold to another slave owner. 5. Aunt Hester would visit her boyfriend, Lloyd’s Ned and that made the slave owner mad. Chapter 2 1. They were allowed to see Baltimore. 2. The children had two coarse linen shirts per year, nothing else. 3. They went naked until next allowance day. 4. They prepared the field for the coming day. They did their washing, mending, and cooking. Their bed was the “cold, damp floor,” with “miserable blankets” to cover them. 5. Mr. Hopkins replaced Mr. Severe. Mr. Hopkins wasn’t as cruel as Mr. Severe. 6. People thought the songs were a sign of the slaves being content and happy, but the songs “represent[ed] the sorrow of his heart.” The songs helped relieve the enslaved people’s pain. Chapter 3 1. The bountiful garden was a temptation to the hungry. The colonel tarred the fence to identify anyone who tried to “steal” the produce, and anyone caught with tar on them was severely whipped by the chief gardener. 2. Colonel Lloyd was most particular about the care of his horses, and the slaves who cared for them were frequently whipped when they did not deserve to be, based on the appearance and movement of the horses rather than on what the colonel had observed the slaves doing or not doing to the animals. 3. They would be seized and sold away from their families if they spoke against their masters, so they always praised them. 4. They would fight to prove that their owner was superior to the other owners. “[T]he greatness of their masters was transferable to themselves.” Guided Reading Questions Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 4 1. The overseer is always right, and if a slave says something against him, even if it is to help out, or to defend himself against false accusations, the slave must be punished because it looks like the slave is saying that the overseer is wrong in front of other slaves. 2. He did not feel guilty because he didn’t think he did anything wrong. He had no conscience. 3. Mr. Gore was famous as a great overseer. The slave owners and other overseers respected him. 4. Demby didn’t obey him. Mr. Gore had to kill Demby so that the other enslaved people would always obey him. 5. The slave owners were the “masters” and therefore had all the power. It wasn’t a crime to maim or kill an enslaved person. Slave, however, would be punished for the smallest thing, even if it was something the owner or overseer only thought happened. Chapter 5 1. No. He was given very little to eat and only a shirt to wear, and slept on the cold floor. 2. Mrs. Lucretia told him the people were clean in Baltimore and he wanted to fit in. Plus, Mrs. Lucretia told him that if he were clean enough, she would give him a pair of trousers. 3. He had no family there and was treated badly, so it wasn’t any different from anywhere else. 4. She looked like she would be kind to him. 5. He felt like it changed the path of his life. He feels that he might still be a slave if he had not gone to Baltimore. Chapter 6 1. The enslaved people on the plantation were always afraid, cringing because they expected to be beaten, so they would try to please the “masters” as much as they could . 2. Teaching enslaved people to read was illegal, and it would make them discontented. Being able to read would “spoil” him as a slave. 3. Douglass heard Mr. Auld say that learning to read would make him “unfit as a slave.“ He realized that reading could be a “pathway to freedom.” 4. City slave owners were shamed if their neighbors saw them beating or starving their slaves. Chapter 7 1. At first, she was kind and wanted Douglass to learn to read like any child. When her husband told her that was wrong, she tried to keep him from learning. She lost her kindness. 2. He gave the poor white boys in the neighborhood bread so that they would teach him. 3. “Master Hugh” had said that learning to read would ruin Douglass as a slave. Douglass realized that Hugh was right, because Douglass now realized how wrong slavery was. That knowledge made him hate his “enslavers.” Guided Reading Questions Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide up for each other and protected each other. There was still prejudice, however. Douglass could not get a job as a calker because of the prejudice of the white calkers, much like the white carpenters in Baltimore who wouldn’t work as long as the shipbuilders hired enslaved workers. 9. . Final Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Final Test #1 Answer Key 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. b 10. c Final Test #2 Answer Key 1. d 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. a Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 1 1. *c. gory 2. *d. cudgel 3. *d. impertinent 4. *a. blunt 5. *b. infernal 6. *d. intimation 7. *b. inevitable 8. *a. odiousness 9. *b. conjecture 10. *a. joist Write a vocabulary word for each of these definitions. 11. [impertinent] 12. [blunt] 13. [inevitable] 14. [intimation] 15. [odiousness] 16. [cudgel] 17. [gory] 18. [conjecture] 19. [joist] 20. [infernal] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 3 Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Stanley sold all his ([equipage,] reportage) for shining shoes and bought a lawnmower when he moved to the suburbs. 2. Cher is an excellent mechanic, but a neurotic customer was able to (defuse, [defile]) her repu- tation all over town. 3. Hannah will ([brook,] bank) no interruptions when she is painting a portrait. 4. Sometimes a police force will use pepper spray to (oppress, [suppress]) a riot. 5. John began to (disintegrate, [execrate]) his younger brother for being disrespectful to their mother. 6. Phyllis’s interest in his coin collection is a clever ([stratagem,] stratiform) for getting Mario’s attention. 7. Because Gabe’s ([supposition,] imposition) is that Claire will arrive late, he tells her that the train is leaving a half hour before its scheduled departure time. 8. A favorite (axon, [maxim]) of Robert’s is “Seize the day.” 9. Cassie began to ([imbibe,] elude) her older sister’s habit of making her bed every morning. Choose the definition that best matches each vocabulary word. 10. defile [f ] 11. suppress [i] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide 12. supposition [d] 13. execrate [b] 14. stratagem [e] 15. brook [g] 16. imbibe [h] 17. equipage [c] 18. maxim [a] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 4 Write a sentence for each vocabulary word. 1. indispensable [A guide is indispensable on an Arctic expedition.] 2. perpetrator [The perpetrator of the crime was swiftly arrested.] 3. impudence [Lisa had the impudence to tell the class the teacher was an idiot.] 4. subversion [After Karl’s subversion of authority on the hiking trip, he realized he actually needed the counselors’ leadership.] 5. immutable [Gravity is an immutable force.] 6. grave [It would be a grave mistake to drink salt water to quench one’s thirst.] 7. homage [The Andean people pay homage to the sun with a celebration called Inti Raymi, which is held at the summer solstice in June.] 8. servile [Miranda is embarrassed by Susan’s servile manner and insists she stop calling everyone Sir and Madam.] Answer the questions about each vocabulary item. 9. What is a synonym for the word indispensable? [essential] 10. What is an antonym for the word indispensable? [dispensable] 11. What is a synonym for the word perpetrator? [criminal] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide 14. One of Lincoln’s most (elegant, [eloquent]) speeches, though a very short one, was the Get- tysburg Address. 15. A group of dolphins leapt and danced (daft, [aft]) of the boat in her wake. 16. A language instructor once said that one has to be raised in France in order to be a ([fluent,] fluid) French speaker. 17. A violin out of tune is a ([galling,] gelling)sound to a musician’s ears. 18. With the gift of (prudence, [providence]), Melinda and Charlie started a successful bed and breakfast at Melinda’s mother’s birthplace. 19. Muhammad Ali was quite ([egotistical,] elyptical) during the height of his boxing career, but his confidence probably helped him succeed. 20. Clarence had to put up with (reticule, [ridicule]) from his classmates when he rode the uni- cycle to school. Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 6 Write a definition for each of these vocabulary words. 1. impudent, adjective [Disrespectful] 2. tranquil, adjective [Composed, calm, free from anxiety] 3. accord, noun [Agreement, harmony] 4. discord, noun [Lack of agreement or harmony] 5. perplexing, adjective [Confusing, puzzling] 6. shun, verb [To purposefully avoid or keep away from] 7. vestige, noun [A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed] 8. lacerated, past participle [Torn, mangled, or wounded] 9. odium, noun [A state of disgrace resulting from hateful conduct] 10. emaciated, adjective [Bony; very thin, especially from starvation] Write either a synonym or an antonym for each of these vocabulary words. 11. impudent [rude, respectful] 12. tranquil [calm, turbulent] 13. accord [agreement, disagreement] 14. discord [disagreement, agreement] 15. perplexing [confusing, understood] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide 16. shun [reject, accept] 17. vestige [trace, entirety] 18. lacerated [torn, healed] 19. odium [disgrace, celebrity] 20. emaciated [thin, obese] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 8 Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences. 1. Cheryl will try one more ([entreaty,] entrail), and then she will give up on getting permission to drive a motorcycle. 2. Because he is a (bounteous, [righteous]) man, Karl would not allow the others to tease the new student. 3. On first seeing her long-lost sister, Millie’s emotions were (unalterable, [unutterable]). 4. Tim is known for his late nights at expensive clubs, and his (dissertation, [dissipation]) makes him very popular with the waiters. 5. Because of his ([profligate,] proletariat) spending, we decided not to send Jordan to buy supplies for the stage set. Answer the questions about each vocabulary word. 6. What is an antonym for the word profligate? [conservative] 7. What is a synonym for the word profligate? [wasteful] 8. What is a synonym for the word entreaty? [plea] 9. What is an antonym for the word dissipation? [development] 10. What is a synonym for the word unutterable? [unspeakable] 11. What is a synonym for the word righteous? [honorable] 12. What is an antonym for the word righteous? [dishonorable] 13. What is a synonym for the word dissipation? [profligacy] 14. What is an antonym for the word unutterable? [describable] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 9 Choose the word that best completes each sentence. 1. Because of the long absence of the men during the war, thousands of women and children became (dissolute, [destitute]). 2. Upperclassmen enjoy the opportunity to express their (content, [contempt]) for the younger classes. 3. If Miguel were not so (frigid, [rigid]) about his diet, it would be much more pleasant to share meals with him. 4. If you write a check for money that is not in your bank account, you are committing bank ([fraud,] laud) 5. Melinda has always been a (frightful, [fretful]) person, and now that she really has something to worry about, she seems no more anxious than usual. 6. Our swimming coach does not allow (lagging, [lax]) behavior such as breaking out of lanes or stopping short of the end of the pool. 7. Her (sanctity, [sanction]) against sloppy swimming is ten minutes out of the pool. 8. Benjamin Franklin and Sojourner Truth were both known for their ([sagacity,] acidity). 9. Carrie’s (intention, [pretension]) to being a camper got her a night of shivering and scratch- ing under the stars. 10. A praying mantis does not actually feel ([piety,] parity) when it puts its front legs together. 11. A bull in a china shop would be extremely (propitious, [pernicious]). Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Choose the definition that best matches each vocabulary word. 12. pernicious [c] 13. sagacity [b] 14. piety [e] 15. pretension [i] 16. sanction [d] 17. fretful [g] 18. fraud [a] 19. contempt [h] 20. lax [f ] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 10 Part B Choose the definition that best matches each vocabulary word. 1. imbue, verb [h] 2. propriety, noun [d] 3. redress, noun [f ] 4. visaged, adjective [k] 5. indignation, noun [g] 6. concert, noun [e] 7. staid, adjective [a] 8. insurrection, noun [b] 9. benevolence, noun [c] 10. harass, verb [i] 11. feasible, adjective [j] 12. digress, verb [o] 13. ardently, adverb [l] 14. vindicate, verb [m] 15. calamity, noun [n] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Write a sentence for each vocabulary word. 16. defiance [Because of Posey’s defiance, she recovered from an illness her doctor had said was fatal.] 17. imbue [The horse began to imbue Charlie with confidence and self-discipline that he had never possessed before riding her.] 18. redress [The redress my mother asked from us for missing her dinner was for Terry and I to prepare the next family dinner without her.] 19. propriety [One example of propriety at a wedding is to be absolutely quiet during the wedding vows.] 20. indignation [My cat expresses indignation by turning her back to me, sitting on her haunches, and flicking her tail.] Vocabulary Test Answer Key Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Teacher Guide Chapter 11 Answer the questions about each vocabulary word. 1. What is an antonym for the word imputation? [praise] 2. What is a synonym for the word imputation? [blame] 3. What is an antonym for the word exculpate? [accuse] 4. What is a synonym for the word exculpate? [vindicate] 5. What is a synonym for the word commensurate? [proportionate] 6. What is an antonym for the word commensurate? [disproportionate] 7. What is a synonym for the word exhort? [advise] 8. What is a synonym for the word perseverance? [determination] 9. What is a synonym for the word wrath? [fury] 10. What is a synonym for the word erroneous? [false] 11. What is an antonym for the word erroneous? [correct] 12. What is a synonym for the word dilapidated? [shabby] 13. What is an antonym for the word dilapidated? [trim] 14. What is a synonym for the word scathing? [critical] 15. What is an antonym for the word scathing? [encouraging]