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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is used to mean "godfather" in the narrative?
(a) Chez.
(b) Parrain.
(c) Macher.
(d) Gumpa.

2. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They are black.
(b) They don't have enough money.
(c) They do not have emancipation papers.
(d) They do not have shoes on.

3. Who arrives at the Samson house with news about Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?
(a) Jimmy Caya.
(b) Tom Joe.
(c) Clamp Brown.
(d) Jules Raynard.

4. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?
(a) Impudence.
(b) Deliverance.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Repetitious.

5. Who is the letter from Tee Bob left after his suicide revealed to be for in "The Samson House"?
(a) Madame Gautier.
(b) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(c) Clamp Brown.
(d) Miss Amma Dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is a black girl arrested in Jimmy's plan in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?

2. What is the name of Samson's wife?

3. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?

4. How is Tee Bob's death reported in the paper?

5. What word from the narrative refers to an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles?

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