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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. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

2. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?
(a) All but Jane.
(b) 4.
(c) All but 2.
(d) 5.

3. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?
(a) Clamp Brown.
(b) Mary Hodges.
(c) Judy Major.
(d) Amma Dean.

4. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They are leaving the next morning.
(b) They will return back to the plantation.
(c) They will stay here for a week.
(d) They will leave her after a month.

5. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Hauling water.
(b) Breaking rocks.
(c) Cooking stew.
(d) Feeding babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?

2. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

3. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

4. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

5. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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