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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters the church during the last line of a song in Act II?
(a) Ida Jackson.
(b) David.
(c) Luke.
(d) Margaret.

2. In Act II, Brother Boxer insinuates that the congregation paid for what household item?
(a) Food.
(b) Frigidaire refrigerator.
(c) New furniture.
(d) A washing machine.

3. Who's the last character to speak in Act II?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Luke.
(d) Margaret.

4. Who cries in Act II?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Margaret.
(c) David.
(d) Luke.

5. Who says, "The way that box is going, you wouldn't of hear the Holy Ghost come in"?
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Brother Boxer.
(d) Margaret.

6. What character brings up the costs of operating a church during Act II?
(a) Sister Douglass.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sister Moore.

7. In Act II Sister Boxer and Margaret argue about the difference between having trumpets and drums in church and what?
(a) Brother Boxer driving a liquor truck so he can contribute more money.
(b) Pianos in nightclubs.
(c) Using offering money to travel.
(d) Margaret leaving her husband.

8. When Margaret returns from her trip in Act II, where does she go first?
(a) The church.
(b) Looking for David.
(c) To get a drink from the refrigerator.
(d) To check on Luke.

9. Who says, "You play piano like I dreamed you would" to David in Act II?
(a) Brother Boxer.
(b) Luke.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Odessa.

10. In Act II, how much did Brother Boxer say that it cost him to go to Philadelphia?
(a) Forty dollars.
(b) Twenty-five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Three or four dollars.

11. Who says, "Ain't a soul been born infallible"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sister Boxer.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Sister Moore.

12. What does Margaret plan for David to do with his life?
(a) Become a pastor.
(b) Become anything but a musician.
(c) Become a doctor.
(d) Become a teacher.

13. Who leaves to look for David in Act II?
(a) Sister Boxer.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Brother Boxer.

14. In Act II, we learn that it cost how much to get a specific window painted?
(a) $41.
(b) $53.
(c) $62.
(d) $56.

15. In Act II, which character mentioned going to Philadelphia with her husband, Herman?
(a) Sister Sally.
(b) Sister Rice.
(c) Ida Jackson.
(d) Sister Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Odessa and Sisters Moore and Boxer talking about when Act II opens?

2. What sound interrupts the argument in the church during Act II?

3. Why didn't David know much about his father's musical career?

4. Act II takes place how many days later than Act I?

5. In Act II, when does David say that he stopped believing?

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