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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. How is the door opened in the room where Tee Bob has locked himself in "The Samson House"?
(a) With a hammer.
(b) With a shovel.
(c) With an axe.
(d) With a key.

2. In Jane's vision from “The Travels of Miss Jane Pittman,” a person she believes to be God advises her to do what?
(a) Turn back south.
(b) Follow a railroad track.
(c) Cross a river.
(d) Follow the North Star.

3. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He calls the police when a mob tries to attack Jane and Ned.
(b) He sells them a gun.
(c) He gains them passage across the river.
(d) He returns them to their plantation.

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

5. During what years did Huey P. Long serves as the Governor of Louisiana?
(a) 1928-1932.
(b) 1859-1862.
(c) 1935-1945.
(d) 1919-1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who is one-eighth black?

2. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

3. Where is Ned's body laid to rest in “Assassination”?

4. How many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?

5. Who is Tee Bob engaged to in “Confession”?

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