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

2. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?
(a) "All the wonderful people who were at Miss Jane's house through those long months of interviewing her."
(b) "The Samson family, for delivering Jane to her true home."
(c) "Judy Major, Amma Dean, and Madame Gautier for their stories, letters, and correspondence."
(d) "The historians who came before me and those who continue to bring the truth to the surface."

3. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Colonel Jackson.
(c) Colonel Williams.
(d) Colonel Dye.

4. Whom do each member of the black plantation community take turns feeding in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?
(a) The schoolteacher.
(b) The field runner.
(c) The slave master.
(d) The cook.

5. After how long does the fisherman abandon Jane in “Man’s Way”?
(a) After 1 year.
(b) After 6 months.
(c) After 3 years.
(d) After 8 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?

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

3. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

4. What eventually leads to the closing down of Ned's school?

5. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

(see the answer key)

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