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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. Who is Ned's mother?
(a) Big Laura.
(b) Amma Dean.
(c) Black Harriet.
(d) Madame Gautier.

2. Why does Jane become angry and beat a man with a stick in “Heading North”?
(a) Because he decided to adopt her last name of Brown.
(b) Because he attempted to stteal her bag of food.
(c) Because he attempted to take Ned's flint from him.
(d) Because he attempted to hit Hardy.

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

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

5. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) She must pick cotton from the fields.
(b) She must plow the fields.
(c) She must work in the nursery.
(d) She must learn the alphabet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Ned eventually take, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

2. Where does the majority of the acton take place in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

3. How much additional money does Dye demand from Joe for interest when he shows up with Dye's original demand in “Another Home”?

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

5. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

(see the answer key)

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