1. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?
(a) Escaping.
(b) Boys trapped in quicksand.
(c) Being lost.
(d) Winning his case in court and being freed.

2. What does Nat compare Hark to as Hark is being carried out to his execution?
(a) Marvelous black potentate.
(b) Shadow of a man.
(c) Sacrificial lamb.
(d) King on a throne.

3. What happens at Persons' millpond after Nat had been teaching Bible class for a while?
(a) Nat preaches a sermon.
(b) Nat baptizes Thomas Moore.
(c) Nat reveals his plans to Hark.
(d) Nat baptizes Ethelred Brantley.

4. Where does Nat hide the stolen book immediately after taking it?
(a) Beneath the house.
(b) Beneath some hay in the stables.
(c) Under his mattress on the floor.
(d) Under a loose plank in the smokehouse floor.

5. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?
(a) The guillotine.
(b) Being tarred and feathered.
(c) A firing squad.
(d) The gallows.

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. Nat's mother considers the household servants to be what?

3. Who almost discovers Nat reading right after he steals the book?

4. What does Nat see in the Northern lady's eyes at the beginning of Part 3 that ignited his hatred?

5. What does Gray refer to the insurgent slaves as?

(see the answer key)

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