Question

which of the following lines best describes the kinds of actions that enslaved people would take in order to educate themselves?
a. \our masters always tried to hide/book learning from our eyes;\
b. \well, the northern folks kept sending/the yankee teachers down;\
c. \and i longed to read my bible,/for precious words it said;\
d. \and greased the pages of his book,/and hid it in his hat.\

Explanation:

Option A describes slaveholders blocking education, not enslaved people's actions. Option B refers to outside aid, not the enslaved person's own self-education action. Option C expresses a desire to learn but no concrete action. Option D shows an enslaved person taking a deliberate, secret action to preserve a book for education, which directly reflects the kind of action enslaved people took to educate themselves.

Answer:

D. "And greased the pages of his book,/And hid it in his hat."