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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 stops by to visit Joseph Travis.
(d) Cobb is considering buying Nat.

2. While in church with Hark, Nat makes plans to gather with other blacks where?
(a) At the graveyard.
(b) In the alley next to the courthouse.
(c) Behind the general store.
(d) Near the creek behind the church.

3. Nat orders that his recruits do what when he arrives?
(a) Rise.
(b) Recite the 23rd Psalm.
(c) Maintain silence.
(d) Bow their heads .

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

5. What did Marse Samuel propose to Nat when they rode together to Jerusalem?
(a) That Marse Samuel would eventually free Nat.
(b) That Marse Samuel would find a wife for Nat.
(c) That Marse Samuel would send Nat to secondary school.
(d) That Marse Samuel would put Nat in charge of the mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually catches Nat with the stolen book?

2. How did Benjamin die?

3. What upcoming event does Nat take as his new "sign" to start his insurrection?

4. Gray quotes a study by Professor Enoch Mebane that says:

5. Nat took four slaves to be hired out to Vaughan's for two weeks. When Nat met the men at the trace, what happened?

(see the answer key)

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