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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary Agnes turn down Tee Bob's suggestion in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) It is impossible for them to be together because of their different political backgrounds.
(b) It is impossible for them to be together because he is already married.
(c) It is impossible for them to be together because of racial differences.
(d) It is impossible for them to be together because she is already married.

2. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
(a) Southern Louisiana.
(b) Northern Mississippi.
(c) Southern Missouri.
(d) Southern Arkansas.

3. What is the name of the schoolteacher who comes to Samson Plantation in “The LeFarbre Family”?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Mary Hodges.
(d) Mary Agnes LeFabre.

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

5. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Beebi.
(b) Amma.
(c) Ticey.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fisherman that Jane lives with after Joe's death?

2. Where is Madame Gautier from?

3. What word from the narrative refers to an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles?

4. Where does Tee Bob lock himself away in the house in "The Samson House"?

5. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

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