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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Prisoners.
(d) Machines.

2. Who ends up killing the first victim in the insurrection?
(a) Sam.
(b) Will.
(c) Hark.
(d) Nat.

3. Why do Marse Sam and the traveling salesman go out to the veranda?
(a) To buy seeds for next year's plantings.
(b) To calculate how much wood from the mill the salesman can sell.
(c) To make out a requisition.
(d) To decide which plow to buy.

4. 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.

5. After five days in the woods with Hark, what happens to Nat?
(a) He decides to run away.
(b) He gets lost and can't find his way home.
(c) He sees a vision.
(d) He witnesses a murder.

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

7. After Benjamin died, who inherited the plantation?
(a) Miss Nell.
(b) Miss Elizabeth.
(c) Lewis Turner.
(d) Samuel Turner.

8. How many steps are in Nat's plan to kill the white people?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Twelve.

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

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

11. What were Marse Samuel's "grander plans" for Nat?
(a) An apprenticeship in carpentry.
(b) Going to secondary school.
(c) Becoming head butler.
(d) An apprenticeship in blacksmithing.

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

13. Nat convinces some of his followers to join him by telling them of a "black" conqueror. About whom did Nat speak?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Tamerlane.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

14. What does Nat see in the Northern lady's eyes at the beginning of Part 3 that ignited his hatred?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Revulsion.
(d) Pity.

15. What was the first stop for the initial band of men on the insurrection?
(a) The Barnett plantation.
(b) Joseph Travis's farm.
(c) Jeremiah Cobb's plantation.
(d) Benjamin Turner's homestead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marse Samuel state he couldn't advocate freeing saves without?

2. Gray initially blames Nat's "failure" on the slaves' what?

3. How many people were killed at the first location in the insurrection?

4. What year did Nat's grandmother die?

5. What does Nat remember seeing after getting to Major Ridley's place?

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