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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until what year is Ned's school in operation?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1895.

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

3. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) A boy steals his books.
(b) A boy tries to steal his flint.
(c) A man accuses him of theft.
(d) Someone hits Jane.

4. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Mr. Major.
(b) Mr. Cluveau.
(c) Mr. Bones.
(d) Mr. Samson.

5. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) Building roads.
(b) Helping with the relocation of blacks.
(c) Running a school.
(d) Assembling black for demonstration marches.

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

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

8. What does Jane receive from Madam Gautier in “Man’s Way”?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Oil.
(c) Wax.
(d) Powder.

9. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Arkansas.

10. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?
(a) Future passive tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Present tense.
(d) Past tense.

11. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?
(a) A cliffside.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A river.
(d) A giant lake.

12. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?
(a) A history book.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A railway schedule.
(d) A map of the U.S.

13. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?
(a) Because he decided to adopt her last name of Brown.
(b) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.
(c) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.
(d) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.

14. What happens to Ned's murderer in “The People”?
(a) He is hanged for murder and assassination.
(b) He is jailed for 3 years.
(c) The judge drops the case against him.
(d) He is jailed for 6 months.

15. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?
(a) All but Jane.
(b) All but 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?

2. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?

3. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?

4. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

5. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?

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