Second Quarter Study Guide/Review

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Directions: Use the RUNNERS strategy to answer the questions in the following passages. Make sure that you
prove where you found your answers.

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

By: Frederick Douglass

1 My master's family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain
Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home plantation of Colonel Edward Lloyd. My master was Colonel
Lloyd's clerk and superintendent. He was what might be called the overseer of the overseers. I spent two years of
childhood on this plantation in my old master's family. It was here that I witnessed the bloody transaction recorded in
the first chapter; and as I received my first impressions of slavery on this plantation, I will give some description of it, and
of slavery as it there existed. The plantation is about twelve miles north of Easton, in Talbot county, and is situated on
the border of Miles River. The principal products raised upon it were tobacco, corn, and wheat. These were raised in
great abundance; so that, with the products of this and the other farms belonging to him, he was able to keep in almost
constant employment a large sloop, in carrying them to market at Baltimore. This sloop was named Sally Lloyd, in honor
of one of the colonel's daughters. My master's son-in-law, Captain Auld, was master of the vessel; she was otherwise
manned by the colonel's own slaves. Their names were Peter, Isaac, Rich, and Jake. These were esteemed very highly by
the other slaves, and looked upon as the privileged ones of the plantation; for it was no small affair, in the eyes of the
slaves, to be allowed to see Baltimore.

2 Colonel Lloyd kept from three to four hundred slaves on his home plantation, and owned a large number more on the
neighboring farms belonging to him. The names of the farms nearest to the home plantation were Wye Town and New
Design. "Wye Town" was under the overseership of a man named Noah Willis. New Design was under the overseership
of a Mr. Townsend. The overseers of these, and all the rest of the farms, numbering over twenty, received advice and
direction from the managers of the home plantation. This was the great business place. It was the seat of government
for the whole twenty farms. All disputes among the overseers were settled here. If a slave was convicted of any high
misdemeanor, became unmanageable, or evinced a determination to run away, he was brought immediately here,
severely whipped, put on board the sloop, carried to Baltimore, and sold to Austin Woolfolk, or some other slave-trader,
as a warning to the slaves remaining.

3 Here, too, the slaves of all the other farms received their monthly allowance of food, and their yearly clothing. The
men and women slaves received, as their monthly allowance of food, eight pounds of pork, or its equivalent in fish, and
one bushel of corn meal. Their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, like the
shirts, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter, made of coarse negro cloth, one pair of stockings, and one pair of
shoes; the whole of which could not have cost more than seven dollars. The allowance of the slave children was given to
their mothers, or the old women having the care of them. The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes,
stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year. When these
failed them, they went naked until the next allowance-day.
1) The theme of paragraph 3 is

A) Slaves get the best food and clothing each year.

B) Slaves get whatever they ask for to eat and wear.
C) Slaves are given abundant food and clothing allowances.
D) Slaves are given the bare minimum they need to live on.

2) What is the main idea of this passage?

A) Douglass is addressing the wealth of the slave owners.

B) Douglass is describing the joys of living on a grand plantation.
C) Douglass is addressing the severity of the slave owners towards the slaves.
D) Douglass is addressing the immediate differences between the slaves and the owners.

Mother Nature’s Fury

By: Tracy Wilson

1 Looking back, I was sure that I was going to die that November afternoon. Tornado watches in Alabama are as
common as eggs are for breakfast. So much so, that I had begun to ignore them altogether. This disregard for Mother
Nature’s power nearly proved fatal for me and my sister. As we approached a fresh red light on a main thoroughfare
through Huntsville, I glanced at the sudden peculiar coloring of the sky. The unusual hue and the stillness of the air gave
me a sudden sense of uneasiness. The light changed and we made the left turn that would lead us home. It was after the
turn that everything around me seemed to be occurring in slow motion. I heard it before I saw anything. At first I was
sure that a train or a big truck was directly behind the car. Then I saw the debris, not the image of swirling winds we
tend to associate with a tornado, but trash and wires and dirt. I remember a sudden feeling of weightlessness as we
were lifted off of the ground. Strangely, she lifted us up like a feather on a breeze. It seemed more like floating than
flying until she launched us from her grip with a fury few will ever understand.

2 While I cannot remember the actual impact, pictures from the aftermath tell the story word for word. The tin can that
once was a car was belly up in the top of a 100 foot maple. We hung there for hours oblivious to the disaster around us.
When rescuers could finally get to us, power lines made it too dangerous to touch the metal car. I awoke first 32 days
after my ride in the sky and remembered much of the ordeal. My sister however, after lying in a coma for nearly three
months, has no recollection of any detail from her life before the accident. Lack of oxygen erased her past. My physical
wounds have long since healed, but I spend many hours below ground. The slightest hint of thunder or an awkward
colored sunset sends me racing to my life below to hide from her.

4) What is the effect of the narrator's disregard of "common" tornado watches?

A) The narrator's mother and father are killed by a tornado.

B) The narrator and her sister end up being injured by a tornado.
C) All of the narrator's neighbors' homes are destroyed by a tornado.
D) The narrator and her sister fail to learn about how tornadoes work.
When rescuers could finally get to us, power lines made it too dangerous to touch the metal car. I awoke first 32 days
after my ride in the sky and remembered much of the ordeal. My sister however, after lying in a coma for nearly three
months, has no recollection of any detail from her life before the accident. Lack of oxygen erased her past. My physical
wounds have long since healed, but I spend many hours below ground. The slightest hint of thunder or an awkward
colored sunset sends me racing to my life below to hide from her.

5) What, besides the sister's coma, causes her to be unable to remember any of the events or details of her life before
the accident?

A) Her sister has blocked out all of the events out of fear.
B) Her sister was never able to remember things well anyway.
C) Her sister experienced a lack of oxygen during the accident.
D) The sister can remember the events, but she chooses not to share them.

Frost’s Laws and Bylaws of American Society

By: Sarah Annie Frost

After the ladies have all been served, the guests to the right of the hostess must be attended to, then the guest on her
left, and so on until all are served. Ten persons are all that one cook can properly prepare a dinner for, and three waiters
will be amply employed in waiting upon that number. If more are invited the attempt to make the conversation general
had better not be made, but the guests allowed to converse _tete-a-tete_

6) Which is the BEST definition for amply as it is used in this text?

A) barely
B) fully
C) quickly
D) timely