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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary Agnes turn down Tee Bob's suggestion in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) It is impossible for them to be together because she is already married.
(b) It is impossible for them to be together because of their different political backgrounds.
(c) It is impossible for them to be together because of racial differences.
(d) It is impossible for them to be together because he is already married.

2. Where does Jane work on the plantation in “Samson”?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the nursery.
(c) In the fields.
(d) In the school.

3. What is Mr. Samson's first name?
(a) Robert.
(b) Homer.
(c) Walter.
(d) James.

4. Who is sent to bring Tee Bob from hiding in the house in "The Samson House"?
(a) Robert.
(b) Tom Joe.
(c) Jimmy Caya.
(d) Timmy.

5. Who is Tee Bob's friend that he confesses his true attraction to at his engagement party?
(a) Tom Joe.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Jimmy Caya.

6. Who is the expected driver to accompany the protest in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Tom Joe.
(c) Brady.
(d) Amma Dean.

7. Who does the white man turn into in Jane's vision from “The Travels of Miss Jane Pittman”?
(a) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Ned, Joe, and Cluveau.
(d) The Devil.

8. Who is the eldest of Samson's sons in “Two Brothers of the South”?
(a) James.
(b) Walter.
(c) Ned.
(d) Timmy.

9. Where does Jimmy claim to have been arrested in protests with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) In Texas and Oklahoma.
(b) In Alabama and Mississippi.
(c) In Washington, D.C. and New York.
(d) In Arkansas and Missouri.

10. What decade is it when Jane leaves the Samson Plantation?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1930s.

11. During what years did Huey P. Long serves as the Governor of Louisiana?
(a) 1859-1862.
(b) 1919-1925.
(c) 1935-1945.
(d) 1928-1932.

12. What word from the narrative refers to a derogatory name for Spaniards, Italians, or Portuguese?
(a) Indo.
(b) Cajun.
(c) Creole.
(d) Dago.

13. What word from the narrative refers to an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles?
(a) Indo.
(b) Dago.
(c) Creole.
(d) Cajuns.

14. Who replaces Miss Lily after she leaves Samson's plantation?
(a) Tom Joe.
(b) Timmy.
(c) Tee Bob.
(d) Hardy.

15. What does Tee Bob suggest to Mary Agnes in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) He suggests running away to New Orleans to marry.
(b) He suggests they flee to Ohio and live there on a ranch.
(c) He suggests they go to Reno and elope.
(d) He suggests she divorce her husband and marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is destroyed in the flood described in “Of Men and Rivers”?

2. Who arrives at the Samson house with news about Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

3. Who goes with the sheriff to question Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

4. What is the name of Samson's wife?

5. Who retrieves a letter from the table by where Tee Bob's body is discovered in "The Samson House"?

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