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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Negroes in church use to fan themselves?
(a) Folded pieces of paper.
(b) Starched, ironed pieces of cloth.
(c) Pine boughs.
(d) Thin, pine-bark shingles.

3. When Gray speaks of understanding Nat's mind, what does he say about it?
(a) Nat was trying to grapple with things beyond his mind's reach.
(b) Nat's mind snapped at the thought of being sold again.
(c) Nat had sociopathic tendencies and would have killed more people if he hadn't been caught.
(d) Nat had a mental condition and couldn't understand what he was doing.

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

5. In the introduction, what does Gray state Nat's mind "first became"?
(a) Sad and depressed.
(b) Bewildered and confounded.
(c) Upset and confused.
(d) Angry and twisted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?

2. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?

3. In the Introduction, what two methods did Gray say were used by the slaves to attempt to find safety?

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

5. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?

(see the answer key)

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