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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Soldiers – Heading South).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Breaking rocks.
(b) Hauling water.
(c) Feeding babies.
(d) Cooking stew.

2. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?
(a) Black Harriet.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Big Laura.
(d) Amma Dean.

3. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her late 30s.
(b) She is in her early 60s.
(c) She is in her mid-40s.
(d) She is in her early 50s.

4. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?
(a) He is in his late 70s.
(b) He is in his mid-80s.
(c) He is in his early 60s.
(d) He is in his mid-40s.

5. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Mary Hodges.
(d) Amma Dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?

2. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?

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

4. The white woman tells Jane and Ned in “Heading South” that they won't find a way to cross the river without what?

5. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

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