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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. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) To help with the war effort in Germany.
(b) To help with the war effort in Japan.
(c) To help with the war effort in Cuba.
(d) To help with the war effort in Mexico.

2. Who is Ned's mother?
(a) Amma Dean.
(b) Black Harriet.
(c) Madame Gautier.
(d) Big Laura.

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

4. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?
(a) 6 months after the last interview.
(b) 8 months after the last interview.
(c) 2 years after the last interview.
(d) 2 months after the last interview.

5. In “Another Home,” Joe finds work at a ranch near the border with what state?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joe Pittman's position when Jane marries him?

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

3. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?

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

5. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?

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