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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. When was Huey P. Long born?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1893.

2. When does the flood occur that is described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1959.

3. When did the African-American Civil Rights Movement begin?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1965.

4. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?
(a) All but 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) All but Jane.

5. Where does Ned's family go after his death in “The People”?
(a) To Arkansas.
(b) To Kansas.
(c) To Missouri.
(d) To Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sport was Joe Lewis renowned?

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

3. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?

4. Which of Samson's sons is white in “Two Brothers of the South”?

5. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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