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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Reconstruction (A Flicker of Light and Again Darkness – A Dollar for Two).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator "sign off" in the conclusion of the Introduction?
(a) "The editor."
(b) "The author."
(c) "Your friend."
(d) "The historian."

2. What name has Ned taken on in “Ned Leaves Home”?
(a) Edward Cluveau.
(b) Edward Agnes LeFabre.
(c) Edward Stephen Douglass.
(d) Edward James Wilson.

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

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

5. What job does Ned eventually take, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) He becomes a doctor.
(b) He becomes a teacher.
(c) He becomes an author.
(d) He becomes a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe recording Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

2. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

3. Who is Ned's mother?

4. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

5. Where do Ned and Jane encounter the old white man in “An Old Man"?

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