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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Soldiers – Heading South).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To Missouri.
(b) To Ohio.
(c) To Pennsylvania.
(d) To New York.

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

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

4. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) On Wednesday.
(b) On Sunday.
(c) On Thursday.
(d) On Monday.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ned's mother?

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

4. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

5. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

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