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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 does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Breaking rocks.
(b) Cooking stew.
(c) Feeding babies.
(d) Hauling water.

2. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 8-9 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6-7 months.
(d) 2-3 years.

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

4. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Impudent.
(c) Stagnant.
(d) Incredulous.

5. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(b) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.
(c) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.
(d) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

2. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?

3. Who is Ned's mother?

4. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?

5. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?

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