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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1935.

2. When does the flood occur that is described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1959.

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

4. Whom does Albert Cluveau say he has been enlisted to kill in “Albert Cluveau”?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Ned.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Tom Joe.

5. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) Running a school.
(b) Assembling black for demonstration marches.
(c) Helping with the relocation of blacks.
(d) Building roads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Ned in “Assassination”?

2. What do Ned and Jane ask of Job in “An Old Man"?

3. How old is Ned described in “Ned Leaves Home”?

4. What happens to Ned's murderer in “The People”?

5. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?

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