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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. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) To help with the war effort in Cuba.
(b) To help with the war effort in Mexico.
(c) To help with the war effort in Japan.
(d) To help with the war effort in Germany.

2. 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 butler in the Big House.
(d) He is a cook.

3. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) $10.
(b) $3.
(c) $20.
(d) $6.

4. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?
(a) Bootleggers.
(b) Secesh.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Hardies.

5. How much additional money does Dye demand from Joe for interest when he shows up with Dye's original demand in “Another Home”?
(a) $10 additional dollars.
(b) $50 additional dollars.
(c) $20 additional dollars.
(d) $30 additional dollars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?

3. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?

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

5. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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