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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 Thursday.
(b) On Wednesday.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) On Monday.

2. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?
(a) Secesh.
(b) Cajuns.
(c) Bootleggers.
(d) Hardies.

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

4. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Colonel Dye.
(b) Colonel Jackson.
(c) Colonel Williams.
(d) Corporal Brown.

5. 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.

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

7. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(b) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.
(c) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.
(d) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.

8. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Because she was caught stealing.
(b) Because she accused a white man of attacking her.
(c) Because she tried to run away.
(d) Because Ned refuses to stop helping blacks escape.

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

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

11. What eventually leads to the closing down of Ned's school?
(a) It is destroyed in a flood.
(b) It is demolished by the KKK.
(c) It is burned in a forest fire.
(d) It is burned down by the KKK.

12. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?
(a) A book from her bag.
(b) A bag of food.
(c) His mother's flint.
(d) A belt buckle.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ned's family go after his death in “The People”?

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

4. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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

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