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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. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is more than 100 years old.
(b) She is in her late 80s.
(c) She is in her mid-90s.
(d) She is in her mid-70s.

2. 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 return back to the plantation.
(d) They will leave her after a month.

3. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) In his attic.
(b) In a spare bedroom behind the house.
(c) In his basement.
(d) In an empty food crib outside the house.

4. How old is Miss Jane Pittman's caretaker described as in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her early 50s.
(b) She is in her early 60s.
(c) She is in her mid-40s.
(d) She is in her late 30s.

5. What word from the Introduction means unwilling to admit or accept something as truth?
(a) Incredulous.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Impudent.
(d) Stagnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jane give to Ned after the massacre in “Massacre”?

3. What word from the Introduction refers to something that recurs again and again?

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

5. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?

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