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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. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?
(a) Repetitious.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Impudence.
(d) Deliverance.

2. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?
(a) He is in his early 60s.
(b) He is in his mid-80s.
(c) He is in his late 70s.
(d) He is in his mid-40s.

3. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Mr. Major.
(b) Mr. Cluveau.
(c) Mr. Samson.
(d) Mr. Bones.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?

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

3. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

4. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

5. When was the first movement of the Ku Klux Klan formed in America?

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