Reflexive Pronouns

For each of the following sentences, identify the reflexive pronoun that should fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see section 15i of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    For generations, African Americans were forced to educate ___________ in secret.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  2. Question

    The slave Fredrick Douglass taught ________ to read when he was in his late youth.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  3. Question

    When he was about twenty years old, Douglass finally found _______ on free soil.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  4. Question

    He had disguised ________ as a sailor and boarded a train to New York City.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  5. Question

    The education that Douglass worked so hard to achieve paid for ________ in his career as an activist and a writer.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.