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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman-Book 1 2nd Maze Questions (Second version)
Question Set 2(Heading South through Rednecks and Scalawags)
Eatmon/Hoy 8th ELA

Heading South After Jane and Ned walked all day by the river, they started to hear voices. Jane was scared and made Ned stay quiet. When they came round the bend in the river, they saw many people. Jane asked the white woman in charge if this was ________________. The white woman asked Jane why she and Ned wanted to go to Ohio. Jane told her to ____________. The white woman told Jane she was already free, but Jane said she didn’t __________ it. The white lady tried to get Jane and Ned to go back with her, but Jane __________. Jane didn’t want to be like her mama and ________ …show more content…

They were _________ by an older black hunter who was also using the swamp as a place to hide. He was cooking a __________ and Jane and Ned happily partook in the meal. When the Jane and Ned awoke the next morning, the _____________ was gone.

The Old Man

As they continued on their journey, Jane and Ned came upon an old house where an even older man lived. He told Jane that Ohio wasn’t north. He said it was ___________ but Jane found that hard to believe. At that point, Jane began to think that she had been ____________ from the beginning by not listening to every person she’d been in contact with who had told her she was better to stay in ____________ than to head to Ohio. Ultimately, the old man told Jane it would probably take her ____________ to get to Ohio and that Ned wouldn’t make it at all.

Rednecks and Scalawags

A man named ________ took Jane and Ned to the home of a _____________. Mr. Bone afford to pay Jane $6 a month, minus 50 cents to school Ned. Eventually, Jane was paid ___________ a month because she worked as hard as any of the grown women did in the fields. Jane and Ned had nothing more than two beds made out of ______________ originally but after some time, she had the carpenter make her a ______________. That was the only furniture Jane had for the next

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