1. Douglass notes that Mistress Hugh was initially a kind woman who became terribly mean. What words does Douglass use to describe her when she was nice, then when she became mean.
What caused her to change?
2. One way that Douglass learns to read and write is by sharing bread with the poor white children
in his neighborhood. What is ironic about this? What is another way that Douglass teaches
himself to read and write?
3. Douglass reads Sheridan's "The Columbian Orator". What are the thoughts that this brings about
in young Douglass?
4. How do the Irish workers at the docks treat Douglass? What do they encourage him to do?
5. Select what you think is the most important passage in this text. Explain why you think it is so
important.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Consider the role of dr. kenny in the novel. how does rukmani feel about him, and what theme is represented by their interactions? respond in at least 150 words.

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks?