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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nat's execution date?
(a) November 11th.
(b) Thanksgiving Day.
(c) November 12th.
(d) November 1st.

2. According to Nat, Hark's name might be short for what?
(a) Harken.
(b) Hector.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Hank.

3. What does Nat remember during Gray's speech to the court?
(a) Hearing God order him to kill.
(b) A song Miss Margaret wrote.
(c) The twenty-third Psalm.
(d) A stern lecture from his master.

4. What does Gray think should have led the band of slaves to greater efforts?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Desperation.

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

6. Who is Jeremiah Cobb?
(a) A saloon keeper.
(b) The judge at Nat's trial.
(c) A white man who survived by hiding from the slaves.
(d) A neighbor of Joseph Travis, Nat's master.

7. In Part One, Nat tells Gray that the Lord told him to confess so that "all nations will know." What was the other reason the Lord gave Nat for confessing?
(a) That thy truth shall be known.
(b) That the pure shall know repentance.
(c) That thy life shall be spared.
(d) That thy acts will be known to all men.

8. What is Nat going to be tried for?
(a) A misdemeanor.
(b) Disturbance of the Peace.
(c) A felony.
(d) Theft.

9. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?
(a) His heart.
(b) His foot.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

10. Who was Nat's master at the time of the insurrection?
(a) Samuel Turner.
(b) Jeremiah Cobb.
(c) Dr. Ballard.
(d) Joseph Travis.

11. How does Gray refer to himself in the introduction?
(a) Your respectful author.
(b) Your dutiful recorder.
(c) Your obedient servant.
(d) Your impartial ear.

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

13. According to Gray, what excuse did Nat give for his participation in the rebellion?
(a) Because his friends told him to.
(b) Because he wanted to be free.
(c) Because he was angry.
(d) None.

14. According to Nat's confession, he had originally intended the rebellion to begin on what day?
(a) His birthday.
(b) His master's birthday.
(c) July 4th.
(d) July 1st.

15. What does T. R. Gray mean by "this population"?
(a) Shopkeepers.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) White people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nat describes black slaves as being docile, yet filled with ______.

2. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?

3. While in church with Hark, Nat makes plans to gather with other blacks where?

4. How does Gray say the "band" resisted when the white people finally caught up to them?

5. Who finds Nat and captures him?

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