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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 the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
(a) Biology.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Geography.

2. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?
(a) Because the mistress of the house refuses to fire Jane.
(b) Because her granddaughter has become ill.
(c) Because she has decided to move to Ohio.
(d) Because she was fired for stealing.

3. Who is Ned's mother?
(a) Amma Dean.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Black Harriet.
(d) Big Laura.

4. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a game warden.
(b) He is a government investigator.
(c) He is a local mayor.
(d) He is a bounty hunter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

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

3. Who buys the plantation back in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?

4. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?

5. In “Another Home,” Joe finds work at a ranch near the border with what state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has arisen to cause Jane concern and worry in "A Dollar for Two"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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