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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Plantation (The Samson House).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane receive from Madam Gautier in “Man’s Way”?
(a) Oil.
(b) Wax.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Powder.

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

3. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a government investigator.
(b) He is a local mayor.
(c) He is a game warden.
(d) He is a bounty hunter.

4. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Water.
(b) Money.
(c) Salt.
(d) Flour.

5. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
(a) Southern Arkansas.
(b) Southern Louisiana.
(c) Northern Mississippi.
(d) Southern Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

2. What news is related of Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

3. How is Joe Pittman killed?

4. Where does Ned's family go after his death in “The People”?

5. Whose inspiration has led Ned to the decision to open a school to meet the educational needs of local blacks in “Professor Douglass”?

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