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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cobb uses a word to describe the children of slaves. What is that word?
(a) Babies.
(b) Pickaninnies.
(c) Terrormongers.
(d) Ankle biters.

2. After Nat hears an overseer attack his mother, what does he do?
(a) He threatens the overseer.
(b) He tries to stop McBride.
(c) He yells for help.
(d) He runs from the farm.

3. Throughout the book, Nat displays disdain for other slaves who do what?
(a) Decide to run away even though they have no education, money, or even a plan.
(b) Are stupid enough to defy their owners.
(c) Debase themselves with bowing and scraping to their white masters.
(d) Put on airs and pretend they're better than the slaves around them.

4. Part 1 and Part 4 of the book open with what?
(a) A vision of Nat's.
(b) A sermon by a preacher.
(c) An interpretation of a Bible passage.
(d) A trip Nat made in a boat.

5. What is a smudge pot used for?
(a) Lighting gentlemen's cigarettes.
(b) Keeping the house fires lit.
(c) Providing heat on the veranda.
(d) Keeping mosquitoes away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Nat carry?

2. Who did Nat confide his plans for the insurrection to?

3. Who is the last slave captured who participated in the rebellion?

4. What happened to Hark's wife and son?

5. By the time he is grown, Nat considers himself to have learned a trade. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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