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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Ned described in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?
(a) "The historian."
(b) "The editor."
(c) "The author."
(d) "Your friend."

11. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They will stay here for a week.
(b) They are leaving the next morning.
(c) They will return back to the plantation.
(d) They will leave her after a month.

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

13. How many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

14. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To New York.
(b) To Missouri.
(c) To Pennsylvania.
(d) To Ohio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?

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

3. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

4. Who is the fisherman that Jane lives with after Joe's death?

5. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

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