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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, how many Negroes did Gray say there were in Southampton County?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 7,000.

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

3. What does Nat wonder about after sentencing?
(a) Stealing a Bible.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Escaping.
(d) Saving Hark.

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

5. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?
(a) Wanting to train for the priesthood.
(b) As a child, relating events that had happened before his birth.
(c) Stealing small items with a group of childhood friends.
(d) Being sold to a new master.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Benjamin died, who inherited the plantation?

2. Who is Jeremiah Cobb?

3. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?

4. What does Nat remember during Gray's speech to the court?

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

(see the answer key)

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