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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 woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Madame Gautier.
(b) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(c) Mary Hodges.
(d) Amma Dean.

2. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 8-9 months.
(c) 6-7 months.
(d) 2-3 years.

3. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?
(a) His brother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To Missouri.
(b) To Ohio.
(c) To New York.
(d) To Pennsylvania.

5. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?

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

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

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