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Read the following passage from Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, looking for explicit and implicit meanings.
Just at this point of my progress, Mr Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.
Which idea is explicitly stated in the passage?
A. Preventing the instruction was a punishment.
B. Mrs. Auld was doing something illegal.
C. Frederick was already getting too smart.
D. Mr. Auld was upset with the instruction.

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Answer: B. Mrs. Auld was doing something illegal

Explanation:

The idea that was explicitly stated in the passage is that Mrs. Auld was doing something illegal.

From the information given, Mr Auld found out that Mrs Auld was teaching Frederick and he forbade her to instruct Frederick further, by telling her, that it was unlawful, and unsafe, to teach a slave to read. Unlawful means something that's illegal.

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

Yes, the answer is B. I took the test and got the question right. Also because the last sentence says, "...that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read." Another defenition of unlawful is illegal. So, Mrs. Auld was doing something illegal by instructing a slave.