1. Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what?
(a) Deaf and dumb child.
(b) Hog.
(c) Brain-damaged child.
(d) Chicken.

2. In Part 3, Nat compares the slave traders to what?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Weasels.
(c) Ants.
(d) Buzzards.

3. On Marse Samuel's plantation, how were the slaves awoken in the morning?
(a) By a triangle being rung at the Big House.
(b) By Nat running through the slave cabins waking everyone.
(c) By Abraham's trumpet call.
(d) By the foreman.

4. Who ends up killing the first victim in the insurrection?
(a) Sam.
(b) Hark.
(c) Will.
(d) Nat.

5. Benjamin stated that he, too, would like to do away with slavery. What did he say might take the places of the slaves?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Hired help.
(c) Machines.
(d) Workers from another country.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, Nat tells Gray that the Lord told him to confess so that "all nations will know." What was the other reason the Lord gave Nat for confessing?

2. When Gray questions Nat, does Nat say he feels any remorse over the killings?

3. What does Nat remember seeing after getting to Major Ridley's place?

4. What happened when Nat and Willis went to the creek together?

5. Who were the two oldest of Nat's "inmost four"?

(see the answer key)

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