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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The War Years (Soldiers – Heading South).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman that lives in the same house and looks after Miss Jane, according to the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(b) Amma Dean.
(c) Mary Hodges.
(d) Madame Gautier.

2. How many in Jane's party are killed by the whites in “Massacre”?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) All but 2.
(d) All but Jane.

3. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

4. By what name is Miss Jane called as a slave-child on the plantation?
(a) Beebi.
(b) Ticey.
(c) Laura.
(d) Amma.

5. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?
(a) They mock her for leaving Tee Bob.
(b) They mock her idea of making it to Ohio.
(c) They mock her for not wanting to marry.
(d) They mock her for attempting to learn to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?

2. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

3. What are the Confederate soldiers called in "Soldiers"?

4. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?

5. What does Jane describe as her chore on the plantation all day when the soldiers were to come in "Soldiers"?

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