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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gray questions Nat, does Nat say he feels any remorse over the killings?
(a) He'd like to go back in time and stop himself.
(b) At little.
(c) A lot.
(d) None at all.

2. Shortly after the trial, what happens to Nate?
(a) He gets a premonition.
(b) He gets a fever.
(c) He gets a warning.
(d) He gets a Bible.

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

4. Who does Nat identify as a white man who was "unconditionally monstrous"?
(a) Mr. Whitehead.
(b) Nathaniel Francis.
(c) Reverend Eppes.
(d) Thomas Moore.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What book did Nat steal from the Turner library?
(a) The Life and Death of Mr. Badman.
(b) The plantation's record book.
(c) His master's Bible.
(d) A book of maps of the northern states.

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

12. In Part 2, what does Nat say is the most futile thing a man can do?
(a) Learn to read.
(b) Wish to be free.
(c) Ponder the alternatives.
(d) Try to run away.

13. Who does Nat befriend in the carpentry shop?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Willis.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Goat.

14. How many people were killed at the first location in the insurrection?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While driving Miss Margaret to the Vaughans' farm, what dying animal do she and Nat see?

2. Where does Nat hide the stolen book immediately after taking it?

3. According to a preacher that Nat heard, he that increaseth knowledge increaseth ________.

4. What happens at Persons' millpond after Nat had been teaching Bible class for a while?

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

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