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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. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is more than 100 years old.
(b) She is in her mid-90s.
(c) She is in her mid-70s.
(d) She is in her late 80s.

2. How old is Ned described in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?

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

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

4. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

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

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