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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. Where does Ned's family go after his death in “The People”?
(a) To Missouri.
(b) To Kansas.
(c) To Ohio.
(d) To Arkansas.

2. What news is related of Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?
(a) She has been sexually assaulted.
(b) She has been kidnapped.
(c) She has been murdered.
(d) She has been arrested.

3. Who retrieves a letter from the table by where Tee Bob's body is discovered in "The Samson House"?
(a) Jules Raynard.
(b) Clamp Brown.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Hardy.

4. What weapon has Tee Bob used to kill himself in "The Samson House"?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) A sword.
(c) A gun.
(d) A rope.

5. Whose inspiration has led Ned to the decision to open a school to meet the educational needs of local blacks in “Professor Douglass”?
(a) The influences of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Walt Whitman.
(b) The influences of Jack Frost and Robert Wilson.
(c) The influences of Albert Einstein and Henry David Thoreau.
(d) The influences of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Albert Cluveau say he has been enlisted to kill in “Albert Cluveau”?

2. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?

3. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

4. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?

5. Who arrives to blame Mary Agnes for the situation of Tee Bob's suicide in "The Samson House"?

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