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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Nat hide the stolen book immediately after taking it?
(a) Under his mattress on the floor.
(b) Beneath some hay in the stables.
(c) Under a loose plank in the smokehouse floor.
(d) Beneath the house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What was Hark best-known for at the Travis farm?
(a) Running away.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Being "strong as an ox".
(d) Being able to read.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the two oldest of Nat's "inmost four"?

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

3. Benjamin stated that he, too, would like to do away with slavery. What did he say might take the places of the slaves?

4. When Moore meets Isham on the road, what does Isham do?

5. What happened when Nat and Willis went to the creek together?

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