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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Reconstruction (A Flicker of Light and Again Darkness – A Dollar for Two).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Edward Stephen Douglass.
(b) Edward James Wilson.
(c) Edward Cluveau.
(d) Edward Agnes LeFabre.

2. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?
(a) A map of the U.S.
(b) A railway schedule.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A history book.

3. What is Joe Pittman's position when Jane marries him?
(a) He is a horse breaker.
(b) He is a field worker.
(c) He is a butler in the Big House.
(d) He is a cook.

4. When was the first movement of the Ku Klux Klan formed in America?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1900.

5. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?
(a) Future passive tense.
(b) Past tense.
(c) Future tense.
(d) Present tense.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?

2. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

3. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?

4. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

5. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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