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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Nat first begin to plan his rebellion?
(a) While trapping rabbits.
(b) After overhearing plans for his sale to Jeremiah Cobb.
(c) While working with Hark.
(d) While being punished by Joseph Travis.

3. On Marse Samuel's plantation, how were the slaves awoken in the morning?
(a) By the foreman.
(b) By Abraham's trumpet call.
(c) By a triangle being rung at the Big House.
(d) By Nat running through the slave cabins waking everyone.

4. What weapon does Nat's captor carry?
(a) A knife.
(b) A sword.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A shotgun.

5. According to Gray's "Introduction" people in the Southampton area were __________.:
(a) "Greatly excited" about the uprising.
(b) "Harbored sinister suspicions" regarding future uprisings.
(c) "Very worried" about the insurrection.
(d) "Afraid for their lives" from the slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nat kills Margaret Whitehead, how does he react?

2. Nat convinces some of his followers to join him by telling them of a "black" conqueror. About whom did Nat speak?

3. When Gray visits on Nat's last day, what does he bring as a gift?

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

5. How many steps are in Nat's plan to kill the white people?

(see the answer key)

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