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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 many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. What does Tee Bob suggest to Mary Agnes in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) He suggests running away to New Orleans to marry.
(b) He suggests they flee to Ohio and live there on a ranch.
(c) He suggests she divorce her husband and marry him.
(d) He suggests they go to Reno and elope.

3. What field worker does Jane describe as being beaten by Samson for sloppiness in “Samson”?
(a) Big Laura.
(b) Amma Dean.
(c) Judy Major.
(d) Black Harriet.

4. What eventually leads to the closing down of Ned's school?
(a) It is burned in a forest fire.
(b) It is burned down by the KKK.
(c) It is demolished by the KKK.
(d) It is destroyed in a flood.

5. What was the term "creole" originally used for?
(a) To refer to early Christian settlers in the colonies.
(b) To refer to former slaves.
(c) To refer to native-born Louisianians.
(d) To refer to blacks in the Deep South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?

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

3. Who is the eldest of Samson's sons in “Two Brothers of the South”?

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

5. When was Frederick Douglass born?

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