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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection?
(a) The mill in town closing down.
(b) A Baptist revival camp meeting.
(c) A slave trader coming through town with over 100 slaves.
(d) A visit from a famous minister and teacher.

2. Benjamin said that saves were as unteachable as a what?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Brain-damaged child.
(c) Hog.
(d) Deaf and dumb child.

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

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

5. Who was Nat's owner when Nat was about twelve?
(a) Jeremiah Cobb.
(b) Samuel Turner.
(c) He was free when he was twelve.
(d) Mrs. Turner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Nat say happened in 1825?
(a) A flood.
(b) A swarm of locusts.
(c) A drought.
(d) A cold summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Nat approaches the age of thirty, what does he notice about the area in which he lives?

2. What does Nat compare his life as a slave child to?

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

4. Who eventually catches Nat with the stolen book?

5. After Nat says his final prayer before beginning the insurrection, what does he do?

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