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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. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her early 60s.
(b) She is in her early 50s.
(c) She is in her late 30s.
(d) She is in her mid-40s.

2. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Colonel Williams.
(b) Corporal Brown.
(c) Colonel Dye.
(d) Colonel Jackson.

3. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?
(a) Black Harriet.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Amma Dean.
(d) Big Laura.

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

5. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Someone hits Jane.
(b) A boy tries to steal his flint.
(c) A man accuses him of theft.
(d) A boy steals his books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?

2. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

3. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

4. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?

5. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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