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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 Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?
(a) Judy Major.
(b) Mary Hodges.
(c) Amma Dean.
(d) Clamp Brown.

2. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
(a) English.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) Geography.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?

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

3. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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

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

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