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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. The white woman tells Jane and Ned in “Heading South” that they won't find a way to cross the river without what?
(a) Money for the ferry.
(b) A boat.
(c) A raft.
(d) A white chaperone.

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

3. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?
(a) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.
(b) Because he decided to adopt her last name of Brown.
(c) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.
(d) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.

4. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?
(a) They mock her for not wanting to marry.
(b) They mock her for leaving Tee Bob.
(c) They mock her for attempting to learn to read.
(d) They mock her idea of making it to Ohio.

5. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?
(a) Because her granddaughter has become ill.
(b) Because the mistress of the house refuses to fire Jane.
(c) Because she was fired for stealing.
(d) Because she has decided to move to Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?

2. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?

3. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

4. In “Another Home,” Joe finds work at a ranch near the border with what state?

5. What job does Ned eventually take, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

(see the answer key)

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