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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cobb uses a word to describe the children of slaves. What is that word?
(a) Terrormongers.
(b) Pickaninnies.
(c) Ankle biters.
(d) Babies.

2. Who is Gray?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A friend of Nat's .
(c) The Mayor.
(d) A friend of Nat's late master.

3. Who did Nat confide his plans for the insurrection to?
(a) Eighteen slaves.
(b) A few other slaves.
(c) Twelve other slaves.
(d) Five other slaves.

4. Nat describes black slaves as being docile, yet filled with ______.
(a) Fury.
(b) Fear .
(c) Pain.
(d) Revenge.

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

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

7. What does Gray attribute the failure of the rebellion to?
(a) The moral deficiency of the Negro character.
(b) The lack of intelligence of the slaves.
(c) Close monitoring of all slave activities.
(d) Astute observations on the part of the white slaveholders.

8. Who gives T. R. Gray permission to talk to Nat in jail?
(a) Nat's master.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Jeremiah Cobb.
(d) Nat's jailer.

9. Where is Nat found to be hiding?
(a) In a swamp.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Under a log.
(d) In a cave.

10. Who is Miss Maria Pope?
(a) Joseph Travis's aunt.
(b) Mrs. Travis's half-sister.
(c) The closest neighbor to the Travis home.
(d) Joseph Travis's half-sister.

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

12. How does Gray say Nat will be punished?
(a) A firing squad.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) Being tarred and feathered.
(d) The gallows.

13. How do Putnam and MIss Maria punish Hark?
(a) By locking him in the root cellar.
(b) By making him climb a tree.
(c) By making him sleep outside.
(d) By whipping him.

14. How does Nat encounter Jeremiah Cobb the first time?
(a) Cobb needs repairs to his dogcart.
(b) Cobb requests water from the Travis well.
(c) Cobb is considering buying Nat.
(d) Cobb stops by to visit Joseph Travis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joseph Travis's profession?

2. Nat's mind "finally" became what, according to Gray?

3. Nat tells Gray of an event that "laid the groundwork" for his later actions, including the insurrection. What was that event?

4. Which part of his body causes Cobb pain?

5. What does Nat have a dream about while In the courtroom?

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