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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. 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.

2. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) On Thursday.
(b) On Monday.
(c) On Wednesday.
(d) On Sunday.

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

4. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?
(a) Blackhawks.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Patrollers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?

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

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

4. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?

5. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

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