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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What term does Nat use to describe Hark's marriage to Tiny?
(a) Jumped over the broomstick.
(b) Danced at dawn.
(c) Said three Hail Marys .
(d) Said their vows.

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

5. After creating his little "tabernacle" in the woods at Moore's farm, what does Nat occasionally do?
(a) Write letters.
(b) Fast.
(c) Preach.
(d) Exercise.

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

7. What happens at Persons' millpond after Nat had been teaching Bible class for a while?
(a) Nat reveals his plans to Hark.
(b) Nat baptizes Ethelred Brantley.
(c) Nat preaches a sermon.
(d) Nat baptizes Thomas Moore.

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

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

10. What does Nat find in Mrs. Whitehead's library that furthers his plans for a slave uprising?
(a) A Bible lying open to Judges 15:14, where Sampson kills a thousand men.
(b) A map of Southampton County.
(c) A book about famous murderers.
(d) A sharp knife.

11. 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) The drought is destroying everything.
(c) A bit of prosperity is returning.
(d) His master is getting meaner.

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

13. How did Benjamin die?
(a) A tree crushed him.
(b) He got lost and died in the forest.
(c) He fell off a horse and broke his neck.
(d) He drowned in the swamp.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who almost discovers Nat reading right after he steals the book?

2. What does the traveling salesman ask Nat to spell?

3. What was Hark best-known for at the Travis farm?

4. 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?

5. When Gray questions Nat, does Nat say he feels any remorse over the killings?

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