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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. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?
(a) Clamp Brown.
(b) Amma Dean.
(c) Mary Hodges.
(d) Judy Major.

2. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?
(a) She was killed in a threshing machine accident.
(b) She hung herself in the slave quarters.
(c) She was shot by a slave master.
(d) She was beaten to death by a slave master.

3. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Ticey.
(b) Beebi.
(c) Laura.
(d) Amma.

4. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?

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

3. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?

4. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?

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

(see the answer key)

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