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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 is Ned's mother?
(a) Big Laura.
(b) Amma Dean.
(c) Madame Gautier.
(d) Black Harriet.

2. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?
(a) "The historians who came before me and those who continue to bring the truth to the surface."
(b) "All the wonderful people who were at Miss Jane's house through those long months of interviewing her."
(c) "The Samson family, for delivering Jane to her true home."
(d) "Judy Major, Amma Dean, and Madame Gautier for their stories, letters, and correspondence."

3. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

4. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A map of the U.S.
(c) A history book.
(d) A railway schedule.

5. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her late 80s.
(b) She is in her mid-70s.
(c) She is in her mid-90s.
(d) She is more than 100 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

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

3. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?

4. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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

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