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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hank claimed to be able to tell good white people from bad by:
(a) How loudly they spoke.
(b) Their smell.
(c) What they said.
(d) The look in their eyes.

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

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

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

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

6. What three adjectives does Gray use to describe Nat Turner's mind?
(a) Evil, thoughtless, and cruel.
(b) Excited, devious, and mischievous.
(c) Dark, bewildered, and overwrought.
(d) Distraught, feverish, and plotting.

7. What happened to Hark's wife and son?
(a) They escaped.
(b) They were sold to Mississippi.
(c) They died.
(d) They moved to another plantation.

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

9. Nat's mind "finally" became what, according to Gray?
(a) Twisted.
(b) Corrupted.
(c) Oercome with emotion.
(d) Confused.

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

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

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

13. What does Gray feel that Nat's rebellion will further the cause of?
(a) Anti-abolition.
(b) Voting rights for blacks.
(c) Easing restrictions on blacks.
(d) Abolition.

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

15. 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) None.
(d) Because he was angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was Nat's rebellion not motivated by?

3. In the Introduction, Gray hopes that the description of Nat's rebellion will demonstrate policy regarding what?

4. What weapon does Nat carry?

5. How many of the slaves escaped the insurrection without punishment?

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