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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a local mayor.
(b) He is a game warden.
(c) He is a government investigator.
(d) He is a bounty hunter.

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

5. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Edward James Wilson.
(b) Edward Stephen Douglass.
(c) Edward Cluveau.
(d) Edward Agnes LeFabre.

6. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?
(a) His father.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

7. Whom does Albert Cluveau say he has been enlisted to kill in “Albert Cluveau”?
(a) Timmy.
(b) Ned.
(c) Tom Joe.
(d) Jimmy.

8. Where is Madame Gautier from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Little Rock.

9. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?
(a) 2 years after the last interview.
(b) 6 months after the last interview.
(c) 8 months after the last interview.
(d) 2 months after the last interview.

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

11. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) With tears.
(b) Angrily.
(c) With open arms.
(d) Kindly.

12. 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 take Ned's flint from him.
(c) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.
(d) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.

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

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

15. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what year is Ned's school in operation?

2. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?

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

4. How is Joe Pittman killed?

5. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?

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