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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Shelter for a Night – Rednecks and Scalawags).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the white woman that is accompanied by the black flee from in “Heading South”?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Texas.

2. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a government investigator.
(b) He is a local mayor.
(c) He is a bounty hunter.
(d) He is a game warden.

3. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $3.
(d) $6.

4. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Flour.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Salt.

5. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Kindly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) With open arms.
(d) With tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?

2. How old is Pap described as in the Introduction?

3. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

4. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

5. How does Jane describe her mother's death in “Heading South”?

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