English, 26.04.2021 15:50, misscheoneyo
Commonlit: WHAT SLAVES ARE TAUGHT TO THINK OF THE NORTH
1.RI.2PART A: Which of the following statements best summarizes a central idea within the text?
A. Slaves were purposefully manipulated by slaveholders to keep them enslaved.
B. Southern slaveholders actually respected people living in the North, despite the lies and cultural differences.
C. Education makes little positivie difference when living in extreme conditions (i. e. slavery).
D. Harriet Ann Jacobs praises Northerners for their full support of keeping escaped slaves free.
2.RI.1PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Many of the slaves believe such stories, and think it is not worthwhile to exchange slavery for such a hard kind of freedom.” ( Paragraph 2)
B. “If those heathen in our Christian land had as much teaching as some Hindoos, they would think otherwise.” ( Paragraph 2)
C. “When southerners go to the north, they are proud to do them honor” (Paragraph 5)
D.“…I was often asked if I had seen any thing in the newspapers about white folks over in the big north, who were trying to get their freedom for them.” ( Paragraph 7)
3.RI.3What do the southern slave owners want slaves to think of the North?
A. They want them to think the North does not care about freeing them.
B. They want them to think the North will send them back to the slaveholders.
C. They want them to think they will have even worse lives as freed people in the North than as slaves in the South.
D. They want them to think they will not be welcome in the North.
4.Why does the author likely reference the Fugitive Slave Act in the text—how does this contribute to the central idea(s)?
5.At the end of the text, Jacobs writes about a woman who begged her to get her a newspaper. Why does Jacobs likely include this story in the text?
A. To demonstrate the conflicting and often incorrect information received by slaves
B. To condemn the illiteracy and lack of education enforced by slaveholdersC. To correct the woman who thought America had a queen
D. To bemoan the lack of available newspapers and literature in the South
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