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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. How many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. When was Huey P. Long born?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1818.

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

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

5. What is destroyed in the flood described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
(a) Jane's house.
(b) The hanging tree.
(c) The town temple.
(d) Ned's schoolhouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

3. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

4. Who arrives to blame Mary Agnes for the situation of Tee Bob's suicide in "The Samson House"?

5. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?

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