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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 word from "The Samson House" means to seize and carry off someone by force?
(a) Extropate.
(b) Asphyxiate.
(c) Entrench.
(d) Ravish.

2. What does Jimmy hope to lead a protest regarding in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) The segregation of black and white schools.
(b) The lack of a school for blacks.
(c) The unavailability of accessible public restrooms and water fountains for blacks.
(d) The forcing of blacks to sit at the back of the bus.

3. What has led to the decline of the Samson Plantation in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?
(a) Samson's suicide.
(b) The foreclosures of banks.
(c) The leasing of land to the Cajuns.
(d) The disappearance of a black labor force.

4. In Jane's vision from “The Travels of Miss Jane Pittman,” a person she believes to be God advises her to do what?
(a) Follow the North Star.
(b) Follow a railroad track.
(c) Cross a river.
(d) Turn back south.

5. Who is waiting for Mary Agnes at the bus stop in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) Judy Major.
(b) Tom Joe.
(c) Clamp Brown.
(d) Jimmy Caya.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tee Bob's death reported in the paper?

2. Where does Jane work on the plantation in “Samson”?

3. Who is sent to bring Tee Bob from hiding in the house in "The Samson House"?

4. What decade is it when Jane leaves the Samson Plantation?

5. Samson declares with the onset of the Civil Rights Movement that anyone who wants the join the movement can do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who concludes the true blame for Tee Bob's death in the end of "The Samson House"? Who is to blame?

2. How do racial inequality and the segregationist principles of the South impact Timmy and Tee Bob?

3. How has Jane evolved as a character from the beginning of the novel to "Samson"?

4. How is the theme of slavery versus freedom explored in Book 4: The Quarters?

5. What does Jimmy Aaron's sacrifice signify for the plantation workers in Book 4: The Quarters?

6. How is Tee Bob's body discovered in "The Samson House"?

7. How does the thematic concept of "the One" apply to the novel as a whole?

8. How does Mary Agnes respond when Tee Bob confronts her in "Robert and Mary"?

9. What happens when Jimmy Caya arrives at the Samson home in "The Samson House"?

10. What is significant about Jane's settlement at Samson Plantation in "Samson"?

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