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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who tries to take over the insurrection from Nat?
(a) Will.
(b) Sam.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Hark.
2. Nat convinces some of his followers to join him by telling them of a "black" conqueror. About whom did Nat speak?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Tamerlane.
3. How many people were killed at the first location in the insurrection?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.
4. Who were the two oldest of Nat's "inmost four"?
(a) Nelson and Henry.
(b) Hark and Nelson.
(c) Nat and Hark.
(d) Hark and Henry.
5. Which of Nat's followers was deaf?
(a) Nat.
(b) Henry.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Hark.
6. 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 took the slaves to the revival instead.
(b) The Vaughans didn't need them and sent them back.
(c) Nat felt the presence of the Lord.
(d) The slaves were sold.
7. How did Little Morning determine which jar held molasses?
(a) By reading the label on the jar.
(b) By dipping a finger inside.
(c) By asking Nat.
(d) By asking her mother.
8. What does Nat see as a good omen right before he returns to the farm from his "sanctuary" after revealing his plans to his core group of followers?
(a) A king snake sunning itself nearby.
(b) The call of an eagle from a nearby tree.
(c) He finds an old sword in the woods.
(d) A new slave joins the group.
9. On Marse Samuel's plantation, how were the slaves awoken in the morning?
(a) By a triangle being rung at the Big House.
(b) By Abraham's trumpet call.
(c) By the foreman.
(d) By Nat running through the slave cabins waking everyone.
10. After dinner, what does Miss Nell do?
(a) Take a poultice to a sick Negro child in the cabins.
(b) Give the cooks their orders for the next day's meals.
(c) Ask that dessert be served on the veranda.
(d) Go out to the smokehouse.
11. What was Nat's mother's name?
(a) Louise.
(b) Laura.
(c) Lily.
(d) Lou-Ann.
12. Who was Nat's owner when Nat was about twelve?
(a) Samuel Turner.
(b) Mrs. Turner.
(c) Jeremiah Cobb.
(d) He was free when he was twelve.
13. According to a preacher that Nat heard, he that increaseth knowledge increaseth ________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Education.
(d) Happiness.
14. What does Nat see in the Northern lady's eyes at the beginning of Part 3 that ignited his hatred?
(a) Fear.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Pity.
(d) Anger.
15. Why can't Nat carry out the rebellion on the date he originally chose?
(a) He'll be working at Mrs. Whitehead's on his birthday.
(b) His master will be out of town on his birthday.
(c) The 4th of July celebrations will be held in town, not outside it.
(d) The Memorial Day picnic will be at the armory lawn.
Short Answer Questions
1. Nat's father "ran off" from the Turner household. Why?
2. Nat settles on which day of the week to begin his insurrection?
3. After five days in the woods with Hark, what happens to Nat?
4. What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection?
5. Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what?
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