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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. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Colonel Jackson.
(c) Colonel Dye.
(d) Colonel Black.

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

3. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Patrollers.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Blackhawks.

4. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Colonel Williams.
(b) Colonel Jackson.
(c) Corporal Brown.
(d) Colonel Dye.

5. What do Ned and Jane ask of Job in “An Old Man"?
(a) For directions to Arkansas.
(b) For a cup of water.
(c) For a ride in his wagon.
(d) For a newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?

2. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?

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

4. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

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

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