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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. Whose inspiration has led Ned to the decision to open a school to meet the educational needs of local blacks in “Professor Douglass”?
(a) The influences of Albert Einstein and Henry David Thoreau.
(b) The influences of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.
(c) The influences of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Walt Whitman.
(d) The influences of Jack Frost and Robert Wilson.

2. How many years later does Cluveau die after his confrontation with Jane in “The Chariot of Hell”?
(a) 3 years later.
(b) 2 years later.
(c) 10 years later.
(d) 5 years later.

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

4. What does the narrator say he teaches in the Introduction?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geography.
(c) English.
(d) History.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ned's body laid to rest in “Assassination”?

2. What eventually leads to the closing down of Ned's school?

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

4. Who is Miss Jane's strongest defender in the Introduction?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does irony apply to Colonel Dye's re-purchase of the Bone Plantation?

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

4. What transition takes place in the narrative structure in Book 2: Reconstruction?

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

6. How have the slaves been affected by the actions of the north in Book 2: Reconstruction?

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

8. How is the theme of social defiance illustrated in Book 2: Reconstruction?

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

10. How would you describe the language syle in the novel?

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