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

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

3. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?
(a) Hardies.
(b) Bootleggers.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Secesh.

4. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?
(a) They mock her for not wanting to marry.
(b) They mock her idea of making it to Ohio.
(c) They mock her for leaving Tee Bob.
(d) They mock her for attempting to learn to read.

5. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) A boy steals his books.
(b) A man accuses him of theft.
(c) A boy tries to steal his flint.
(d) Someone hits Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

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

3. The white woman tells Jane and Ned in “Heading South” that they won't find a way to cross the river without what?

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

5. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

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