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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 buys the plantation back in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?
(a) Colonel Dye.
(b) Albert Cluveau.
(c) Corporal Brown.
(d) Tom Joe.

2. What was the term "creole" originally used for?
(a) To refer to early Christian settlers in the colonies.
(b) To refer to former slaves.
(c) To refer to native-born Louisianians.
(d) To refer to blacks in the Deep South.

3. Which of Samson's sons was born of a black woman on the plantation in “Two Brothers of the South”?
(a) Ned.
(b) Timmy.
(c) Tee Bob.
(d) Tom Joe.

4. Who is the plantation owner that Job takes Ned and Jane to meet in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?
(a) Mr. Major.
(b) Mr. Samson.
(c) Mr. Cluveau.
(d) Mr. Bones.

5. Whom do each member of the black plantation community take turns feeding in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?
(a) The field runner.
(b) The cook.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) The slave master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Samson's wife?

2. Who goes with the sheriff to question Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

3. Where does Jane eventually encounter Cluveau and confront him in “The Chariot of Hell”?

4. How much money does Dye demand from Joe for leaving the plantation in “Another Home”?

5. Why does Tee Bob return in “A Flower in Winter”?

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