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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. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) On Sunday.
(b) On Monday.
(c) On Wednesday.
(d) On Thursday.

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

3. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) With a typewriter.
(b) With a pen and paper.
(c) With a tape recorder.
(d) With a reel-to-reel.

4. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Texas.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?

3. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

4. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation 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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