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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Mr. Major.
(b) Mr. Bones.
(c) Mr. Samson.
(d) Mr. Cluveau.

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

3. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Blackhawks.
(c) Cajuns.
(d) Patrollers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane eventually encounter Cluveau and confront him in “The Chariot of Hell”?

2. Who kills Ned in “Assassination”?

3. Where is Ned's body laid to rest in “Assassination”?

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

5. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are women depicted in comparison to men in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

2. What is notable about Jane and Ned's arrival at Bones Plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

3. How is the narrative of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman structured?

4. Why does Jane tell the white woman in "Heading South" that she won't return to her home plantation? How does the woman reply?

5. What happens when Jane and Ned encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

6. How is the theme of self-identification explored in the first chapters of Book 1?

7. What does Madame Gautier remark regarding masculinity in "Man's Way"?

8. How is the theme of social defiance illustrated in Book 2: Reconstruction?

9. How does irony apply to Joe's death in "Man's Way"?

10. How is the narrator influenced by Miss Jane Pittman's funeral in the Introduction?

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