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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Shelter for a Night – Rednecks and Scalawags).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?
(a) He is in his late 70s.
(b) He is in his mid-40s.
(c) He is in his early 60s.
(d) He is in his mid-80s.

2. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?
(a) Repetitious.
(b) Impudence.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Deliverance.

3. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Amma Dean.
(b) Mary Hodges.
(c) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(d) Madame Gautier.

4. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Incredulous.
(c) Stagnant.
(d) Impudent.

5. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?
(a) 2 months after the last interview.
(b) 6 months after the last interview.
(c) 2 years after the last interview.
(d) 8 months after the last interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?

2. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?

3. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

4. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

5. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

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