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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Molly leave her position to find work elsewhere in “Molly”?
(a) Because her granddaughter has become ill.
(b) Because she has decided to move to Ohio.
(c) Because the mistress of the house refuses to fire Jane.
(d) Because she was fired for stealing.

2. Where does Jane decide to go after the slaves on her plantation are freed in "Freedom"?
(a) To Pennsylvania.
(b) To Missouri.
(c) To New York.
(d) To Ohio.

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

4. Hold is Miss Jane Pittman described in the Introduction?
(a) She is in her mid-70s.
(b) She is in her mid-90s.
(c) She is more than 100 years old.
(d) She is in her late 80s.

5. Who do Jane and Ned ask for when they encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Corporal Brown.
(b) Colonel Williams.
(c) Colonel Jackson.
(d) Colonel Dye.

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

7. When was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1795.

8. What impasse have Jane and Ned reached at the end of “Massacre”?
(a) A cliffside.
(b) A river.
(c) A giant lake.
(d) A swamp.

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

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

11. In “Another Home,” Joe finds work at a ranch near the border with what state?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

12. What does the white woman give to Jane and Ned on the road in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) Flour.
(b) Water.
(c) Salt.
(d) Money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the narrator's last interview with Miss Jane does he say she died in the Introduction?

2. Why does the Klan show up at Jane's doorway in “Ned Leaves Home”?

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

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

5. How does Job's wife respond when he brings Ned and Jane home in “Rednecks and Scalawags”?

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