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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. Who is Jimmy Aaron's great-aunt that raises him?
2. Which of Samson's sons is white in “Two Brothers of the South”?
3. Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1) opens with Jane's observation that people are always expecting what?
4. What is destroyed in the flood described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
5. What is the name of Samson's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Jimmy Caya arrives at the Samson home in "The Samson House"?
2. What does Jane remark about leaders in the beginning of Book 4: The Quarters?
3. How does the thematic concept of "the One" apply to the novel as a whole?
4. What leads Miss Lily to leave the Samson Plantation?
5. What does Jimmy Aaron's sacrifice signify for the plantation workers in Book 4: The Quarters?
6. What leads Tee Bob to punch his friend Jimmy Caya in "Confession"?
7. How is the character of Hardy described in the novel?
8. What theme is illustrated through Tee Bob's death in the novel?
9. How is Tee Bob's body discovered in "The Samson House"?
10. Who discovers Mary Agnres in the end of "Robert and Mary"? How is she discovered?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of sacrifice in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. What characters in the novel make sacrifices? What are the impacts of those sacrifices? How does the author support this theme through symbolism and imagery?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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