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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. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Ticey.
(b) Amma.
(c) Laura.
(d) Beebi.

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

3. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Hauling water.
(b) Feeding babies.
(c) Cooking stew.
(d) Breaking rocks.

4. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

5. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
(a) Geography.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?

2. Who is Ned's mother?

3. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?

4. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?

5. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?

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