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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. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?
(a) Patrollers.
(b) Blackhawks.
(c) Turkeys.
(d) Cajuns.

2. 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.

3. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Deliverance.
(c) Repetitious.
(d) Impudence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?

2. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?

3. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

4. Why do the blacks that Jane and Ned encounter mock her in “Heading South”?

5. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?

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