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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 plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Mr. Samson.
(b) Mr. Bones.
(c) Mr. Cluveau.
(d) Mr. Major.

2. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?
(a) Past tense.
(b) Future passive tense.
(c) Future tense.
(d) Present tense.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

2. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?

3. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?

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

5. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?

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