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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 are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They are black.
(b) They don't have enough money.
(c) They do not have emancipation papers.
(d) They do not have shoes on.

2. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) With open arms.
(b) Angrily.
(c) With tears.
(d) Kindly.

3. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) In an empty food crib outside the house.
(b) In his attic.
(c) In his basement.
(d) In a spare bedroom behind the house.

4. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?
(a) She was beaten to death by a slave master.
(b) She was killed in a threshing machine accident.
(c) She was shot by a slave master.
(d) She hung herself in the slave quarters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

2. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?

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

4. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?

5. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?

(see the answer key)

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