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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) She must learn the alphabet.
(b) She must work in the nursery.
(c) She must plow the fields.
(d) She must pick cotton from the fields.

2. When was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1818.

3. Where was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Mississiippi.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Ohio.

4. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 2-3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6-7 months.
(d) 8-9 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fisherman that Jane lives with after Joe's death?

2. Who is Ned's mother?

3. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

4. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?

5. Until what year is Ned's school in operation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrator influenced by Miss Jane Pittman's funeral in the Introduction?

2. How do Ned's and Joe's attempts at overcoming oppression differ?

3. What does Madame Gautier remark regarding masculinity in "Man's Way"?

4. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

5. How would you describe the language syle in the novel?

6. How does Jane's narrative perspective influence the plot of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

7. From what narrative point of view is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman related?

8. What physical conflict involves Jane in "Heading North"? What brings about this conflict?

9. What has arisen to cause Jane concern and worry in "A Dollar for Two"?

10. How does irony apply to Colonel Dye's re-purchase of the Bone Plantation?

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