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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Nat's grandmother die?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1783.
(d) 1782.

2. From which room did Nat steal a book?
(a) Mr. Turner's bedroom.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The smoking room.
(d) The library.

3. While in church with Hark, Nat makes plans to gather with other blacks where?
(a) In the alley next to the courthouse.
(b) Behind the general store.
(c) Near the creek behind the church.
(d) At the graveyard.

4. Turner says he submits Nat's "own account of the conspiracy" to the public ____________.
(a) "Without comment."
(b) "For you to judge."
(c) "As it was dictated to me."
(d) "For posterity."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nat's execution date?

2. How did Benjamin die?

3. Nat remembers a visitor to the Turner household when he was about twelve. What does Nat remember the visitor describing?

4. 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?

5. While in jail, about how many blacks does Hark say were killed while Nat hid?

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