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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. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
(a) Attend college.
(b) Graduate college.
(c) Run for the U.S. Senate.
(d) Play in the major leagues.

2. How does Mary Agnes describe her injuries to the sheriff in "The Samson House"?
(a) She claims she fell on a letter opener.
(b) She claims she fell while walking down the staircase.
(c) She claims she broke her arm at the store.
(d) She claims she hit her head when Tee Bob tried to stop her from leaving.

3. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) Helping with the relocation of blacks.
(b) Building roads.
(c) Assembling black for demonstration marches.
(d) Running a school.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Tee Bob punch his friend at his engagement party?

(see the answer key)

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