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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. Who is Tee Bob engaged to in “Confession”?
(a) Madame Gautier.
(b) Mary Hodges.
(c) Amma Dean.
(d) Judy Major.

2. How is Joe Pittman killed?
(a) He is beaten to death by a master.
(b) He is hit by a train.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) Trying to break a horse.

3. What decade is it when Jane leaves the Samson Plantation?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1960s.

4. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?
(a) "All the wonderful people who were at Miss Jane's house through those long months of interviewing her."
(b) "The historians who came before me and those who continue to bring the truth to the surface."
(c) "The Samson family, for delivering Jane to her true home."
(d) "Judy Major, Amma Dean, and Madame Gautier for their stories, letters, and correspondence."

5. After how long does the fisherman abandon Jane in “Man’s Way”?
(a) After 8 months.
(b) After 1 year.
(c) After 3 years.
(d) After 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane eventually encounter Cluveau and confront him in “The Chariot of Hell”?

2. How does Mary Agnes describe her injuries to the sheriff in "The Samson House"?

3. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

4. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

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

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