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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?

2. How is Joe Pittman killed?

3. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?

4. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?

5. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical conflict involves Jane in "Heading North"? What brings about this conflict?

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

3. How have the slaves been affected by the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?

4. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

5. How does the narrator describe his relationship with Miss Jane Pittman in the Introduction?

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

7. How does Jane's narrative perspective influence the plot of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

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

9. What purpose does the Introduction serve to the plot and/or themes in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

10. How would you describe the language style of Jane's narrative in the novel?

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