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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 does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
(a) Southern Arkansas.
(b) Northern Mississippi.
(c) Southern Louisiana.
(d) Southern Missouri.

2. What is Joe Pittman's position when Jane marries him?
(a) He is a butler in the Big House.
(b) He is a cook.
(c) He is a field worker.
(d) He is a horse breaker.

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

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

5. Why does Mary Agnes turn down Tee Bob's suggestion in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) It is impossible for them to be together because of racial differences.
(b) It is impossible for them to be together because of their different political backgrounds.
(c) It is impossible for them to be together because he is already married.
(d) It is impossible for them to be together because she is already married.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did Huey P. Long serves as the Governor of Louisiana?

2. Who is the letter from Tee Bob left after his suicide revealed to be for in "The Samson House"?

3. Who tells Mary Agnes to leave the plantation and hide her whereabouts in "The Samson House"?

4. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who is one-eighth black?

5. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

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