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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
2. Where does Ned's family go after his death in “The People”?
3. What does Ned say he is doing in Kansas when he writes to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
4. What happens to Ned's murderer in “The People”?
5. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Jane and Ned encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
2. How does Jane's narrative perspective influence the plot of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
3. How would you describe the language syle in the novel?
4. How is the narrator influenced by Miss Jane Pittman's funeral in the Introduction?
5. Why does Jane tell the white woman in "Heading South" that she won't return to her home plantation? How does the woman reply?
6. What political ideologies can be seen in the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?
7. Why does Jane turn down the white woman's offer in "Heading South"?
8. How is the narrative of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman structured?
9. Who is the stranger that Ned and Jane encounter in “Hunter”? What is he doing?
10. What purpose does the Introduction serve to the plot and/or themes in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the political and social atmosphere at the end of the Civil War. Consider the following ethnic groups, and discuss how each is affected after the war: Cajuns, Creoles, blacks, and whites. How did the relationships between these groups change at the end of the war?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the thematic concept of "the One" in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. How does Jane describe "the One"? What symbolism and imagery is used in supporting this theme? Who is regarded as potentially being "the One"?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the setting of the Bone Plantation. Who oversees the plantation? How are the conditions at this plantation, as compared to Jane's experiences prior to Emancipation? What eventually leads many of the blacks to flee Bone Plantation?
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