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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 1, how does Gray refer to Nat?
(a) As a man among men.
(b) As animate chattel.
(c) As a thing.
(d) As a victim.

2. What type of bird does Nat watch from his hiding place immediately after stealing the book?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) Crows.
(d) Robins.

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

4. Who finds Nat and captures him?
(a) Benjamin Phelps.
(b) Benjamin Phipps.
(c) Benjamin Pepper.
(d) Benjamin Armstrong.

5. What does Gray refer to the insurgent slaves as?
(a) "Heartless heathens set upon vengeance."
(b) The "ebony slaughterers."
(c) A "band of ferocious miscreants."
(d) A "ravaging band of murderers."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nat take as a "sign" from God that he can begin planning his attack?

2. What is the nickname T. R. Gray gives to Nat in the "To the Public" section of the book?

3. What was the first stop for the initial band of men on the insurrection?

4. When did Nat first begin to plan his rebellion?

5. Nat remembers a visitor to the Turner household when he was about twelve. What does Nat remember the visitor describing?

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