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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Plantation (The LeFarbre Family – Robert and Mary).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1968.

2. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?
(a) Big Laura.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Black Harriet.
(d) Amma Dean.

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

4. 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 Japan.
(c) To help with the war effort in Germany.
(d) To help with the war effort in Mexico.

5. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?
(a) Because she has decided to move to Ohio.
(b) Because her granddaughter has become ill.
(c) Because she was fired for stealing.
(d) Because the mistress of the house refuses to fire Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

2. Who kills Ned in “Assassination”?

3. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?

4. When was Frederick Douglass born?

5. Where does Ned go to collect building materials in “Assassination”?

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