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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) On Monday.
(b) On Wednesday.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) On Thursday.

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

3. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) She must work in the nursery.
(b) She must pick cotton from the fields.
(c) She must learn the alphabet.
(d) She must plow the fields.

4. Where is Ned's body laid to rest in “Assassination”?
(a) In the yard of the school.
(b) In Jane's yard.
(c) Next to the black church.
(d) In Kentucky.

5. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Beebi.
(b) Amma.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ticey.

6. After how long does the fisherman abandon Jane in “Man’s Way”?
(a) After 3 years.
(b) After 1 year.
(c) After 6 months.
(d) After 8 months.

7. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) In his attic.
(b) In his basement.
(c) In an empty food crib outside the house.
(d) In a spare bedroom behind the house.

8. When was the first movement of the Ku Klux Klan formed in America?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1900.

9. Whose shotgun does Miss Jane's caretaker threaten to get if needed in the Introduction?
(a) Amma Dean's shotgun.
(b) Judy Major's shotgun.
(c) Harriet's shotgun.
(d) Etienne's shotgun.

10. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Incredulous.
(d) Impudent.

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

12. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Feeding babies.
(b) Cooking stew.
(c) Hauling water.
(d) Breaking rocks.

13. How many years have passed on the ranch in the opening of “A Dollar for Two”?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

14. Who buys the plantation back in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Tom Joe.
(c) Colonel Dye.
(d) Albert Cluveau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Ned in “Assassination”?

2. What is Joe Pittman's position when Jane marries him?

3. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?

4. How is Joe Pittman killed?

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

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