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

2. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

3. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?

4. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?

5. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is the stranger that Ned and Jane encounter in “Hunter”? What is he doing?

6. How do Ned's and Joe's attempts at overcoming oppression differ?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Job and his wife. Where do Jane and Ned encounter Job? How does he help them? What is Job's wife's attitude towards Ned and Jane?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Book 1: The War Years. Where does Jane live when the Civil War ends? Where does she decide to go after the Emancipation? Why?

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