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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Reconstruction (A Flicker of Light and Again Darkness – A Dollar for Two).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Someone hits Jane.
(b) A boy steals his books.
(c) A boy tries to steal his flint.
(d) A man accuses him of theft.

2. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) To help with the war effort in Germany.
(b) To help with the war effort in Mexico.
(c) To help with the war effort in Cuba.
(d) To help with the war effort in Japan.

3. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?
(a) Secesh.
(b) Cajuns.
(c) Hardies.
(d) Bootleggers.

4. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They do not have emancipation papers.
(b) They do not have shoes on.
(c) They don't have enough money.
(d) They are black.

5. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(b) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.
(c) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.
(d) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?

2. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?

3. Who buys the plantation back in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?

4. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

5. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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