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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Moore meets Isham on the road, what does Isham do?
(a) Asks for work.
(b) Asks for medicine for his sick baby.
(c) Asks to rent Nat for the day.
(d) Swears at Moore.

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

4. Nat orders that his recruits do what when he arrives?
(a) Recite the 23rd Psalm.
(b) Maintain silence.
(c) Bow their heads .
(d) Rise.

5. What does Nat take as a "sign" from God that he can begin planning his attack?
(a) A lunar eclipse.
(b) When lightning strikes a tree by him.
(c) A hailstorm.
(d) A solar eclipse.

6. What does the traveling salesman ask Nat to spell?
(a) Petunia.
(b) Daffodil.
(c) Rose.
(d) Columbine.

7. Nat remembers a visitor to the Turner household when he was about twelve. What does Nat remember the visitor describing?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

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

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

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) Nat felt the presence of the Lord.
(b) The Vaughans didn't need them and sent them back.
(c) The slaves were sold.
(d) Nat took the slaves to the revival instead.

12. How did Little Morning determine which jar held molasses?
(a) By dipping a finger inside.
(b) By asking her mother.
(c) By reading the label on the jar.
(d) By asking Nat.

13. What was the companion book to the one Nat stole?
(a) The Life and Death of Mr. Goodman.
(b) Letters of John Adams.
(c) Grace Abounding.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

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

15. As Nat approaches the age of thirty, what does he notice about the area in which he lives?
(a) His fellow slaves are much more miserable.
(b) His master is getting meaner.
(c) The drought is destroying everything.
(d) A bit of prosperity is returning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Benjamin die?

3. What did Miss Nell give Nat one year for Christmas?

4. Who eventually catches Nat with the stolen book?

5. Moore's farm is next to whose?

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