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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. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?
(a) Because he decided to adopt her last name of Brown.
(b) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.
(c) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.
(d) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.

2. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?
(a) A river.
(b) A giant lake.
(c) A swamp.
(d) A cliffside.

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

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

5. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?
(a) Harriet's shotgun.
(b) Amma Dean's shotgun.
(c) Etienne's shotgun.
(d) Judy Major's shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

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

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

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

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

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