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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 does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To New York.
(b) To Ohio.
(c) To Missouri.
(d) To Pennsylvania.
2. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 2-3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 8-9 months.
(d) 6-7 months.
3. What does Jane inform Ned as they are going to sleep at the end of “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) They will stay here for a week.
(b) They are leaving the next morning.
(c) They will leave her after a month.
(d) They will return back to the plantation.
4. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is more than 100 years old.
(b) She is in her mid-90s.
(c) She is in her mid-70s.
(d) She is in her late 80s.
5. Whom does the narrator thank in concluding the Introduction?
(a) "Judy Major, Amma Dean, and Madame Gautier for their stories, letters, and correspondence."
(b) "The Samson family, for delivering Jane to her true home."
(c) "The historians who came before me and those who continue to bring the truth to the surface."
(d) "All the wonderful people who were at Miss Jane's house through those long months of interviewing her."
Short Answer Questions
1. What options are the slaves on Jane's plantation given after they've been freed in "Freedom"?
2. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
3. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
4. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?
5. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
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