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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 options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.
(b) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(c) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.
(d) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.

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

3. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
(a) History.
(b) English.
(c) Biology.
(d) Geography.

4. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?
(a) All but 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) All but Jane.

5. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To Pennsylvania.
(b) To Missouri.
(c) To Ohio.
(d) To New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?

3. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?

4. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

5. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?

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