Follow the Drinking Gourd / Anonymous

Test Practice

Identify Author’s Purpose

In your group, discuss the author’s purpose.

1. Which of these best describes the purpose of the selection?
a. to help slave owners find escaping slaves
b. to state explicitly the route to freedom
c. to remember the plight of slaves
d. to provide coded clues to help escaping slaves


What details did you list that support answer d as the correct answer?

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