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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. 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 Sunday.
(d) On Wednesday.

2. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?
(a) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.
(b) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.
(c) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.
(d) Because he decided to adopt her last name of Brown.

3. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?
(a) Bootleggers.
(b) Secesh.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Hardies.

4. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Incredulous.
(d) Impudent.

5. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) With a tape recorder.
(b) With a typewriter.
(c) With a reel-to-reel.
(d) With a pen and paper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?

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

4. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

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

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