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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of hinges are on the privy door?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Wood.
(c) Leather.
(d) Steel.

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

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

4. What was Nat's mother's name?
(a) Lou-Ann.
(b) Laura.
(c) Louise.
(d) Lily.

5. Who almost discovers Nat reading right after he steals the book?
(a) Nat's mother.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Nat's master.
(d) Abraham.

6. Nat's father "ran off" from the Turner household. Why?
(a) Because he learned about the North Star.
(b) Because another slave threatened to kill him.
(c) Because the Underground Railroad came through.
(d) Because Benjamin Turner hit him.

7. Who were the two oldest of Nat's "inmost four"?
(a) Hark and Nelson.
(b) Nat and Hark.
(c) Nelson and Henry.
(d) Hark and Henry.

8. What happened when Nat and Willis went to the creek together?
(a) A fishing lesson.
(b) Nat fell in.
(c) A baptism.
(d) A sermon.

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

10. Nat's mother considers the household servants to be what?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Uppity.
(c) Too smart for their own good.
(d) Quality.

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

12. Nat settles on which day of the week to begin his insurrection?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday .

13. According to a preacher that Nat heard, he that increaseth knowledge increaseth ________.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Religion.
(c) Education.
(d) Happiness.

14. What is camphene?
(a) Alcohol mixed with gasoline.
(b) Grain alcohol mixed with oil..
(c) Gunpowder mixed with sulphur
(d) Turpentine mixed with grain alcohol.

15. What does Nat remember seeing after getting to Major Ridley's place?
(a) The butler running up the street to sound the alarm.
(b) Negroes with rifles and muskets.
(c) Major Ridley coming out to make peace with Nat.
(d) Negroes running away from the farm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Nat's owner when Nat was about twelve?

3. Who tries to take over the insurrection from Nat?

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

5. What type of bird does Nat watch from his hiding place immediately after stealing the book?

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