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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Shelter for a Night – Rednecks and Scalawags).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?
(a) In Mississippi.
(b) In Arkansas.
(c) In Texas.
(d) In Mississippi.

3. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A fish.
(c) A duck.
(d) A rabbit.

4. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

3. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

4. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?

5. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?

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