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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. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They are black.
(b) They don't have enough money.
(c) They do not have shoes on.
(d) They do not have emancipation papers.

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

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

4. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her early 50s.
(b) She is in her mid-40s.
(c) She is in her late 30s.
(d) She is in her early 60s.

5. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a local mayor.
(b) He is a bounty hunter.
(c) He is a government investigator.
(d) He is a game warden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

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

3. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?

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

5. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?

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