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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Shelter for a Night – Rednecks and Scalawags).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Kindly.
(c) With tears.
(d) With open arms.

2. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Mary Hodges.
(b) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(c) Amma Dean.
(d) Madame Gautier.

3. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) In a spare bedroom behind the house.
(b) In his attic.
(c) In his basement.
(d) In an empty food crib outside the house.

4. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?
(a) Big Laura.
(b) Black Harriet.
(c) Madame Gautier.
(d) Amma Dean.

5. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Incredulous.
(c) Impudent.
(d) Stagnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?

2. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?

3. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?

4. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?

5. Who is Ned's mother?

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