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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. Where does Ned go to collect building materials in “Assassination”?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Bayonne.
(d) Oxford.
2. How much additional money does Dye demand from Joe for interest when he shows up with Dye's original demand in “Another Home”?
(a) $30 additional dollars.
(b) $10 additional dollars.
(c) $20 additional dollars.
(d) $50 additional dollars.
3. The slave that the old black man is trying to find in “Hunter” was purchased where?
(a) In Arkansas.
(b) In Mississippi.
(c) In Texas.
(d) In Mississippi.
4. Whom do each member of the black plantation community take turns feeding in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?
(a) The cook.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) The field runner.
(d) The slave master.
5. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?
(a) 8 months after the last interview.
(b) 2 months after the last interview.
(c) 2 years after the last interview.
(d) 6 months after the last interview.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
2. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
3. What does Jane receive from Madam Gautier in “Man’s Way”?
4. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
5. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jane tell the white woman in "Heading South" that she won't return to her home plantation? How does the woman reply?
2. What physical conflict involves Jane in "Heading North"? What brings about this conflict?
3. How would you describe the language syle in the novel?
4. How does irony apply to Joe's death in "Man's Way"?
5. How have the slaves been affected by the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?
6. What is notable about Jane and Ned's arrival at Bones Plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
7. What does Madame Gautier remark regarding masculinity in "Man's Way"?
8. How are women depicted in comparison to men in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
9. How is the narrative of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman structured?
10. How does the government investigator help Jane and Ned after getting them across the river in “Shelter for a Night”?
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