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

2. How much money does Dye demand from Joe for leaving the plantation in “Another Home”?
(a) $400.
(b) $150.
(c) $50.
(d) $200.

3. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Water.
(b) Money.
(c) Salt.
(d) Flour.

4. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
(a) Northern Mississippi.
(b) Southern Missouri.
(c) Southern Louisiana.
(d) Southern Arkansas.

5. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?
(a) Oh the porch of a house in the swamp.
(b) Standing near a church.
(c) Fishing by the river.
(d) Waiting at a train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Joe Pittman killed?

2. When was Frederick Douglass born?

3. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

4. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

5. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the theme of fear and distrust of whites demonstrated in "Massacre"?

5. How would you describe the language syle in the novel?

6. How do Ned's and Joe's attempts at overcoming oppression differ?

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

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

9. What is symbolized through Jane's actions in "Man's Way"?

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

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