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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is more than 100 years old.
(b) She is in her mid-70s.
(c) She is in her late 80s.
(d) She is in her mid-90s.

2. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Colonel Black.
(c) Colonel Jackson.
(d) Colonel Dye.

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

4. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?
(a) In Texas.
(b) In Mississippi.
(c) In Mississippi.
(d) In Arkansas.

5. What do Ned and Jane ask of Job in “An Old Man"?
(a) For a cup of water.
(b) For a newspaper.
(c) For directions to Arkansas.
(d) For a ride in his wagon.

6. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?
(a) He is in his late 70s.
(b) He is in his early 60s.
(c) He is in his mid-80s.
(d) He is in his mid-40s.

7. How much money does Dye demand from Joe for leaving the plantation in “Another Home”?
(a) $400.
(b) $200.
(c) $50.
(d) $150.

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

9. Where does Jane eventually encounter Cluveau and confront him in “The Chariot of Hell”?
(a) In church.
(b) By the river.
(c) At the train station.
(d) At the butcher.

10. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) With a typewriter.
(b) With a tape recorder.
(c) With a pen and paper.
(d) With a reel-to-reel.

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

12. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) After he's been gone a year.
(b) After he's been gone a month.
(c) After he's been gone six months.
(d) After he's been gone two years.

13. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?
(a) Standing near a church.
(b) Oh the porch of a house in the swamp.
(c) Fishing by the river.
(d) Waiting at a train station.

14. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?
(a) She was shot by a slave master.
(b) She was killed in a threshing machine accident.
(c) She was beaten to death by a slave master.
(d) She hung herself in the slave quarters.

15. How is Joe Pittman killed?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He is hit by a train.
(c) Trying to break a horse.
(d) He is beaten to death by a master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?

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

3. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?

4. When was the first movement of the Ku Klux Klan formed in America?

5. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?

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