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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. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 6-7 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2-3 years.
(d) 8-9 months.

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

3. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?
(a) "The Samson family, for delivering Jane to her true home."
(b) "The historians who came before me and those who continue to bring the truth to the surface."
(c) "All the wonderful people who were at Miss Jane's house through those long months of interviewing her."
(d) "Judy Major, Amma Dean, and Madame Gautier for their stories, letters, and correspondence."

4. The white woman tells Jane and Ned in “Heading South” that they won't find a way to cross the river without what?
(a) Money for the ferry.
(b) A white chaperone.
(c) A raft.
(d) A boat.

5. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?
(a) 6 months after the last interview.
(b) 2 months after the last interview.
(c) 2 years after the last interview.
(d) 8 months after the last interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?

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

3. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?

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

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

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