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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Reconstruction (Man’s Way – The Chariot of Hell).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a government investigator.
(b) He is a local mayor.
(c) He is a game warden.
(d) He is a bounty hunter.

2. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Texas.
(d) Ohio.

3. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?
(a) She was killed in a threshing machine accident.
(b) She hung herself in the slave quarters.
(c) She was beaten to death by a slave master.
(d) She was shot by a slave master.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?

2. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?

3. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?

4. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?

5. Who buys the plantation back in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?

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