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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of bird does Nat watch from his hiding place immediately after stealing the book?
(a) Crows.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Robins.
(d) Buzzards.

3. Who eventually catches Nat with the stolen book?
(a) Little Morning.
(b) Samuel Turner.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Nat's mother.

4. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:
(a) Negroes are intellectually deficient.
(b) Negroes need to be handled like wild animals.
(c) While slavery exists, rebellions are bound to happen.
(d) The Negro is a biologically inferior species.

5. What weapon does Nat's captor carry?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) A sword.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Putnam and MIss Maria punish Hark?

2. In Part 2, what does Nat say is the most futile thing a man can do?

3. What were Marse Samuel's "grander plans" for Nat?

4. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?

5. What does Gray think should have led the band of slaves to greater efforts?

(see the answer key)

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