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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What decade is it when Jane leaves the Samson Plantation?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. Why does Mary Agnes turn down Tee Bob's suggestion in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) It is impossible for them to be together because of their different political backgrounds.
(b) It is impossible for them to be together because of racial differences.
(c) It is impossible for them to be together because she is already married.
(d) It is impossible for them to be together because he is already married.

4. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Texas.

5. For how long does the narrator describe his sessions lasting with Miss Jane in the Introduction?
(a) 6-7 months.
(b) 8-9 months.
(c) 2-3 years.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What invention has lessened the need for laborers on the plantations in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?

3. Whom does Tee Bob fall for in “A Flower in Winter”?

4. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?

5. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?

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