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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. Who kills Ned in “Assassination”?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Clamp Brown.
(c) Albert Cluveau.
(d) Colonel Dye.

2. Why does Mary Agnes turn down Tee Bob's suggestion in “Robert and Mary”?
(a) It is impossible for them to be together because of racial differences.
(b) It is impossible for them to be together because of their different political backgrounds.
(c) It is impossible for them to be together because she is already married.
(d) It is impossible for them to be together because he is already married.

3. Why does Ned get into a fight in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) A boy steals his books.
(b) A boy tries to steal his flint.
(c) Someone hits Jane.
(d) A man accuses him of theft.

4. Whom does Tee Bob fall for in “A Flower in Winter”?
(a) Amma Dean.
(b) Mary Agnes.
(c) Jane.
(d) Harriet.

5. Where does Jane move to live with the fisherman after Joe's death?
(a) Southern Missouri.
(b) Southern Arkansas.
(c) Southern Louisiana.
(d) Northern Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Frederick Douglass born?

2. What is the old black man cooking when Jane and Ned encounter him in “Hunter”?

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

4. For how much money per month is Jane hired on at the plantation in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

5. When does the narrator make arrangements to come and hear Miss Jane's story in the Introduction?

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