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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. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He sells them a gun.
(b) He returns them to their plantation.
(c) He gains them passage across the river.
(d) He calls the police when a mob tries to attack Jane and Ned.

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 bounty hunter.
(c) He is a local mayor.
(d) He is a game warden.

3. Who does the old black man say he is attempting to find in “Hunter”?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

4. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
(a) They can stay as hired laborers or leave to fend for themselves.
(b) They can stay and learn to read or they can leave to fend for themselves.
(c) They can lease land to farm as their own or they can work for the plantation.
(d) They can leave or they can work their way up to master.

5. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
(a) With a pen and paper.
(b) With a typewriter.
(c) With a reel-to-reel.
(d) With a tape recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?

2. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?

3. From what narrative tense is the Introduction related?

4. What imposing woman leads the slaves on their journey in “Heading North”?

5. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?

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