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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. What do Ned and Jane ask of Job in “An Old Man"?
(a) For a newspaper.
(b) For a ride in his wagon.
(c) For a cup of water.
(d) For directions to Arkansas.

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

3. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) $10.
(b) $3.
(c) $20.
(d) $6.

4. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A fish.
(d) A duck.

5. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Colonel Jackson.
(b) Colonel Dye.
(c) Corporal Brown.
(d) Colonel Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?

2. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

3. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?

4. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?

5. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?

(see the answer key)

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