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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 in her mid-70s.
(b) She is more than 100 years old.
(c) She is in her late 80s.
(d) She is in her mid-90s.

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

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

4. What do Ned and Jane ask of Job in “An Old Man"?
(a) For a newspaper.
(b) For a ride in his wagon.
(c) For directions to Arkansas.
(d) For a cup of water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do each member of the black plantation community take turns feeding in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?

2. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?

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

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

5. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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