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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Southampton is located in what state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

2. When Hark and Nat go to town on market day, what happens?
(a) An abolitionist preacher starts preaching.
(b) Nat finds a runaway slave hiding beneath the general store's cellar door.
(c) Francis forces Will and Sam to fight each other.
(d) A fight breaks out at the brothel and the Sheriff has to come.

3. What does Nat do for the first time the Saturday he and Hark are at market?
(a) Preaches a sermon.
(b) Swear at a white man.
(c) Makes love to a girl.
(d) Gain some money toward his freedom.

4. What warning, if any, was given for the insurrection?
(a) There was no warning given.
(b) Written plans were discovered, but too late.
(c) A villager overheard two slaves planning, but didn't take it seriously.
(d) One of the participating slaves told his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nat took four slaves to be hired out to Vaughan's for two weeks. When Nat met the men at the trace, what happened?

2. According to Nat's confession, how many people did he kill?

3. What does Nat remember seeing after getting to Major Ridley's place?

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

5. What does T. R. Gray mean by "this population"?

(see the answer key)

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