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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. Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1) opens with Jane's observation that people are always expecting what?
2. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?
3. In Jane's vision from “The Travels of Miss Jane Pittman,” a person she believes to be God advises her to do what?
4. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
5. Where does Jane work on the plantation in “Samson”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads Miss Lily to leave the Samson Plantation?
2. What is significant about Jane's settlement at Samson Plantation in "Samson"?
3. How does the thematic concept of "the One" apply to the novel as a whole?
4. Who enters the Samson house in the beginning of "The Samson House"? What information is revealed?
5. How does Mary Agnes respond when Tee Bob confronts her in "Robert and Mary"?
6. What happens when Jimmy Caya arrives at the Samson home in "The Samson House"?
7. Who discovers Mary Agnres in the end of "Robert and Mary"? How is she discovered?
8. What does Jimmy Aaron's sacrifice signify for the plantation workers in Book 4: The Quarters?
9. How is Jimmy's planned march "set up" in Book 4: The Quarters?
10. In what endeavor does Jimmy solicit Jane's help in Book 4: The Quarters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the decline of the Samson Plantation in Book 4: The Quarters. What economic factors have led to the plantation's decline? What political factors have influenced its decline? How does the decline of the plantation impact the black laborers?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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