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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. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?
(a) Breaking rocks.
(b) Feeding babies.
(c) Cooking stew.
(d) Hauling water.

2. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Because she accused a white man of attacking her.
(b) Because she tried to run away.
(c) Because Ned refuses to stop helping blacks escape.
(d) Because she was caught stealing.

3. Where is Ned's body laid to rest in “Assassination”?
(a) In the yard of the school.
(b) In Jane's yard.
(c) Next to the black church.
(d) In Kentucky.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?

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

3. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

4. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?

5. Why are Jane and Ned denied passage on the ferry in “Shelter for a Night”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What political ideologies can be seen in the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?

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. From what narrative point of view is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman related?

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

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

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

9. How does the government investigator help Jane and Ned after getting them across the river in “Shelter for a Night”?

10. What advice and assistance do Jane and Ned receive in “An Old Man”?

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