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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Plantation (The LeFarbre Family – Robert and Mary).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ned later enlist in the army, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) To help with the war effort in Germany.
(b) To help with the war effort in Cuba.
(c) To help with the war effort in Japan.
(d) To help with the war effort in Mexico.

2. Until what year is Ned's school in operation?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1952.

3. What is the white man's position who approaches Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?
(a) He is a local mayor.
(b) He is a game warden.
(c) He is a government investigator.
(d) He is a bounty hunter.

4. Which of Samson's sons is white in “Two Brothers of the South”?
(a) Tom Joe.
(b) Ned.
(c) Tee Bob.
(d) Timmy.

5. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?
(a) A fish.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Tee Bob fall for in “A Flower in Winter”?

2. Which of Samson's sons was born of a black woman on the plantation in “Two Brothers of the South”?

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

4. When does the narrator describe going to the plantation where Miss Jane Pittman lives in the Introduction?

5. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?

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