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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. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?
(a) Harriet's shotgun.
(b) Judy Major's shotgun.
(c) Amma Dean's shotgun.
(d) Etienne's shotgun.

2. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1970.

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

4. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?
(a) A duck.
(b) A fish.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A chicken.

5. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) On Monday.
(b) On Wednesday.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) On Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

2. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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

4. How much additional money does Dye demand from Joe for interest when he shows up with Dye's original demand in “Another Home”?

5. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

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