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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Plantation (The Samson House).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Madame Gautier from?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Little Rock.

2. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To Missouri.
(b) To Ohio.
(c) To Pennsylvania.
(d) To New York.

3. Which of Samson's sons was born of a black woman on the plantation in “Two Brothers of the South”?
(a) Tom Joe.
(b) Tee Bob.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Ned.

4. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Edward Stephen Douglass.
(b) Edward Cluveau.
(c) Edward Agnes LeFabre.
(d) Edward James Wilson.

5. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Money.
(b) Salt.
(c) Water.
(d) Flour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

2. Which of Samson's sons is white in “Two Brothers of the South”?

3. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?

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

5. Who retrieves a letter from the table by where Tee Bob's body is discovered in "The Samson House"?

(see the answer key)

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