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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nat compare his life as a slave child to?
(a) Trained monkey.
(b) Colt.
(c) Calf.
(d) Yearling mule.

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

3. Who tries to take over the insurrection from Nat?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Will.
(c) Hark.
(d) Sam.

4. What did Marse Samuel propose to Nat when they rode together to Jerusalem?
(a) That Marse Samuel would eventually free Nat.
(b) That Marse Samuel would find a wife for Nat.
(c) That Marse Samuel would put Nat in charge of the mill.
(d) That Marse Samuel would send Nat to secondary school.

5. Why can't Nat carry out the rebellion on the date he originally chose?
(a) His master will be out of town on his birthday.
(b) The Memorial Day picnic will be at the armory lawn.
(c) The 4th of July celebrations will be held in town, not outside it.
(d) He'll be working at Mrs. Whitehead's on his birthday.

6. Nat sees something on the way back from Jerusalem that has a big effect on him. What is it?
(a) Marse Samuel buying a slave.
(b) A line of chained slaves being taken to Georgia.
(c) A slave being sold at auction.
(d) Marse Samuel selling a slave.

7. Who was Nat's owner when Nat was about twelve?
(a) Samuel Turner.
(b) Jeremiah Cobb.
(c) He was free when he was twelve.
(d) Mrs. Turner.

8. Gray initially blames Nat's "failure" on the slaves' what?
(a) Not knowing how to handle guns.
(b) Getting scared .
(c) Running off.
(d) Drinking.

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

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

11. Nat took four slaves to be hired out to Vaughan's for two weeks. When Nat met the men at the trace, what happened?
(a) The slaves were sold.
(b) Nat took the slaves to the revival instead.
(c) Nat felt the presence of the Lord.
(d) The Vaughans didn't need them and sent them back.

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

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

14. What did Marse Samuel state he couldn't advocate freeing saves without?
(a) Money to live on.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Education.
(d) Paying jobs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nat's mother's name?

2. Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what?

3. Moore's farm is next to whose?

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

5. Who does Nat befriend in the carpentry shop?

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