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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 white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He gains them passage across the river.
(b) He sells them a gun.
(c) He returns them to their plantation.
(d) He calls the police when a mob tries to attack Jane and Ned.

2. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Laura.
(b) Beebi.
(c) Ticey.
(d) Amma.

3. 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 decided to adopt her last name of Brown.
(c) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.
(d) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.

4. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?
(a) Standing near a church.
(b) Waiting at a train station.
(c) Oh the porch of a house in the swamp.
(d) Fishing by the river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

2. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?

3. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

4. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

5. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?

(see the answer key)

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