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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Plantation (The Samson House).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Union soldier that tells Jane the slaves are about to be freed in "Soldiers"?
(a) Colonel Black.
(b) Corporal Brown.
(c) Colonel Dye.
(d) Colonel Jackson.

2. What are the poor whites called that make it their job to track down slaves in “Massacre”?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Cajuns.
(c) Blackhawks.
(d) Patrollers.

3. How long after Ned's absence does Jane receive word from him in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) After he's been gone two years.
(b) After he's been gone six months.
(c) After he's been gone a month.
(d) After he's been gone a year.

4. What word from the narrative refers to an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles?
(a) Cajuns.
(b) Creole.
(c) Indo.
(d) Dago.

5. Where does the Union soldier invite Jane to visit him after the emancipation in "Soldiers"?
(a) New York.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Texas.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Job give Ned and Jane a place to sleep in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

2. Who is the overseer on Samson's plantation in “Two Brothers of the South”?

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

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

5. How does the white man help Jane and Ned in “Shelter for a Night”?

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