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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Albert Cluveau say he has been enlisted to kill in “Albert Cluveau”?
(a) Tom Joe.
(b) Ned.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Jimmy.

2. What is playtime dependent upon for Jane in “All Kinds of People”?
(a) She must learn the alphabet.
(b) She must work in the nursery.
(c) She must plow the fields.
(d) She must pick cotton from the fields.

3. Where does Ned go to collect building materials in “Assassination”?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Bayonne.
(c) Oxford.
(d) New Orleans.

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

5. What job does Ned eventually take, according to Jane in “Two Letters from Kansas”?
(a) He becomes a lawyer.
(b) He becomes an author.
(c) He becomes a doctor.
(d) He becomes a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do each member of the black plantation community take turns feeding in “A Flicker of Light; and Again Darkness”?

2. What does the old man show Ned and Jane to help them on their journey in “An Old Man"?

3. When was the first movement of the Ku Klux Klan formed in America?

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

5. How many children does Ned have when he visits Jane in “Professor Douglass”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jane and Ned encounter the Union soldiers in “All Kinds of People”?

2. How are women depicted in comparison to men in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

3. How does irony apply to Joe's death in "Man's Way"?

4. What political ideologies can be seen in the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?

5. How does the government investigator help Jane and Ned after getting them across the river in “Shelter for a Night”?

6. What is symbolized through Jane's actions in "Man's Way"?

7. How do Ned's and Joe's attempts at overcoming oppression differ?

8. What purpose does the Introduction serve to the plot and/or themes in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

9. How is the narrator influenced by Miss Jane Pittman's funeral in the Introduction?

10. How does the narrator describe his relationship with Miss Jane Pittman in the Introduction?

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