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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 old is Pap described as in the Introduction?
(a) He is in his mid-80s.
(b) He is in his late 70s.
(c) He is in his early 60s.
(d) He is in his mid-40s.

2. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They will leave her after a month.
(b) They will return back to the plantation.
(c) They are leaving the next morning.
(d) They will stay here for a week.

3. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?
(a) A book from her bag.
(b) A bag of food.
(c) His mother's flint.
(d) A belt buckle.

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

5. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?
(a) They mock her idea of making it to Ohio.
(b) They mock her for not wanting to marry.
(c) They mock her for attempting to learn to read.
(d) They mock her for leaving Tee Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?

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

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

4. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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

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