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Writing a Personal Narrative about an Important Person — Unit test

Question 15 • PA-Common Core ELA 8 Q1

Which line from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass provides evidence that enslaved persons were treated violently?

Answer
A
Thus, after an absence of three years and one month, I was once more permitted to return to my old home at Baltimore.
B
The fact was, we cared but little where we went, so we went together.
C
Upon the whole, we got along very well, so far as the jail and its keeper were concerned.
D
My master sent me away, because there existed against me a very great prejudice in the community, and he feared I might be killed.

Explanation

Choice D provides the clearest evidence of violence: Douglass says his master sent him away because he feared Douglass might be killed. The threat of being killed shows that enslaved people faced the danger of severe physical violence. The other choices describe returning home, traveling together, or being treated by jail staff.

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