View a FREE sample

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 does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He calls the police when a mob tries to attack Jane and Ned.
(b) He returns them to their plantation.
(c) He sells them a gun.
(d) He gains them passage across the river.

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

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

4. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?
(a) "The editor."
(b) "The historian."
(c) "The author."
(d) "Your friend."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Ned described in “Ned Leaves Home”?

3. How many years have passed on the ranch in the opening of “A Dollar for Two”?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 272 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample