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

2. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?
(a) Standing near a church.
(b) Fishing by the river.
(c) Waiting at a train station.
(d) Oh the porch of a house in the swamp.

3. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?
(a) A cliffside.
(b) A river.
(c) A swamp.
(d) A giant lake.

4. Where does Jane eventually encounter Cluveau and confront him in “The Chariot of Hell”?
(a) At the butcher.
(b) At the train station.
(c) In church.
(d) By the river.

5. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Edward Agnes LeFabre.
(b) Edward Stephen Douglass.
(c) Edward Cluveau.
(d) Edward James Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?

3. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?

4. After how long does the fisherman abandon Jane in “Man’s Way”?

5. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the narrative of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman structured?

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

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

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

6. Why does Jane turn down the white woman's offer in "Heading South"?

7. What transition takes place in the narrative structure in Book 2: Reconstruction?

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

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

10. How does Jane's narrative perspective influence the plot of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

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