The Autobiography of Jane Pittman ( Soldiers & Freedom)

What period of American history does the story begin in?

• The Revolutionary War
• WWI
• The Civil War
• The Civil Rights Movement

Who does Ticey have to bring water to?

• The Southern Soldiers
• The Northern Soldiers
• Neither
• Both

A Northern Soldier, Corporal Brown, does something very meaningful for Ticey. What does he do?

• He gives her a dollar.
• He takes her for a horse ride.
• He gives her a new name.
• He shoots her master.

Ticey (Jane Brown) does something that makes her owners furious, but speaks to her character. What does she do after the Northern Soldiers leave?

• She runs away.
• She tells her master that she is no longer Ticey, but Jane.
• She hits her.
• She refuses to do work.

In the chapter Freedom, the master brings all the slaves up to the house and declares them free. He then gives them two choices. What are they?

• They can stay and work for shares or leave.
• They can leave or get shot.
• They can stay and work for shares or get whipped.
• They can go to school or work in the fields.

Jane decides to leave, and has her heart set on one thing. What is that thing?

• Becoming a business owner
• Learning to read a write
• Getting a job
• Going to Ohio

As she is traveling north with another group of freed ex-slaves, her group is attacked by another group of people. Who is this group?

• Other ex-slaves
• Northern Soldiers
• Southern Ex-Soldiers and patrollers
• Indians

Jane and Ned are the only two survivors after the attack. Which of the problems does this pose a threat to Jane after that event?

• She is a kid taking care of a kid.
• She lost protector, Big Laura.
• She doesn't know the way.
• She has no toys now.

The next people she comes across are a group of ex-slaves and their old slave master returning from Texas to their plantation. What does this slave master try to talk Jane into?

• Leaving them alone
• Coming to her plantation
• Joining the Army
• Leaving Ned with her

Jane has no concept about Ohio, where she lives or how far it is from Louisiana to Ohio. What does this speak to?

• Her lack of education
• Her bumping her head
• Her sneakiness
• Her mastery of navigation