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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. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her early 60s.
(b) She is in her late 30s.
(c) She is in her mid-40s.
(d) She is in her early 50s.

2. How many years later does Cluveau die after his confrontation with Jane in “The Chariot of Hell”?
(a) 5 years later.
(b) 2 years later.
(c) 3 years later.
(d) 10 years later.

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

4. How is Joe Pittman killed?
(a) He is hit by a train.
(b) He is beaten to death by a master.
(c) Trying to break a horse.
(d) He commits suicide.

5. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.
(b) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(c) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.
(d) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joe Pittman's position when Jane marries him?

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

3. How much money does Dye demand from Joe for leaving the plantation in “Another Home”?

4. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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