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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 is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A duck.
(d) A fish.

2. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What job does Ned eventually take, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) He becomes a teacher.
(b) He becomes a doctor.
(c) He becomes an author.
(d) He becomes a lawyer.

4. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?
(a) She was beaten to death by a slave master.
(b) She was killed in a threshing machine accident.
(c) She was shot by a slave master.
(d) She hung herself in the slave quarters.

5. What eventually leads to the closing down of Ned's school?
(a) It is demolished by the KKK.
(b) It is burned down by the KKK.
(c) It is destroyed in a flood.
(d) It is burned in a forest fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much additional money does Dye demand from Joe for interest when he shows up with Dye's original demand in “Another Home”?

2. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?

3. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

4. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

5. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are women depicted in comparison to men in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

4. What happens when Jane and Ned encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does irony apply to Colonel Dye's re-purchase of the Bone Plantation?

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