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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Minnie refuses to do what for Frank?
(a) Ask Sophie to split up the land and sell her share.
(b) Go back to London with him.
(c) Run his telegram to the post office.
(d) Head to New Orleans to settle his issues.

2. When talking to Fannie, what does Minnie say she wants from Frank?
(a) For her to be accepted by Frank's family.
(b) Frank's approval of her behavior.
(c) For Frank to like Nicodemus, Kansas.
(d) For their marriage to return to what it was like in the begining.

3. What is Frank's attitude when Fannie sees Frank on his way out?
(a) Guilty looking.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Hurried.
(d) In smiles.

4. What do the sister's give Minnie for her 21st birthday?
(a) A deed to a third of the property.
(b) An expensive dress so she wouldn't miss London so much.
(c) A paid for passage ticket back to London.
(d) A deed to all their land in Nicodemus, Kansas.

5. What does Minnie find out about her own parents?
(a) Her parents used to hit Fannie.
(b) Her father used to abuse Sophie.
(c) Her father was abusive to her mother.
(d) Her parents were never married.

6. What happens to Miss Leah's children after she is free?
(a) They die from illnesses on the way out west.
(b) They are killed by natives when they move out west.
(c) They all die from fever.
(d) They are kidnapped and lynched.

7. What causes Minnie to stumble her way into the main room in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She is attacked by black folks on her way home.
(c) She has been beaten by Frank.
(d) She is attacked by the white men from the train.

8. What rude advice does Frank give Sophie?
(a) To stop trying to make Nicodemus something it will never be.
(b) To learn when to mind her own business.
(c) If she's smart enough, she'll know when to shut her trap.
(d) To stop being high and mighty.

9. What does Wil offer Fannie as they talk on the porch?
(a) To share his land with Fannie and her sisters.
(b) To kill Frank.
(c) To buy them more land.
(d) To beat up Frank.

10. How does Sophie's speech go at church?
(a) Not many people stay to hear her speak.
(b) Well.
(c) There are many arguments that the money is too much to refuse.
(d) Sophie gets nervous and stammers the entire time.

11. Where is Frank as Minnie speaks with her sisters about what to do about Frank?
(a) In town checking for telegrams.
(b) In town drinking and gambling.
(c) Skulking in the yard.
(d) Listening in by the window from outside.

12. Who seems the most upset at Frank for his violent behavior?
(a) Miss Leah.
(b) Wil Parrish.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Sophie.

13. What truth does Frank finally face when Minnie tries to comfort him?
(a) That he is lucky to have Minnie.
(b) That he is a bastard.
(c) That Sophie is right about everything.
(d) That he needs the black community's support.

14. Where is Frank going in Act 2, Scene 3 when he encounters Fannie and Miss Leah?
(a) Town.
(b) Church.
(c) Post office.
(d) Out for a walk.

15. What is Minnie most concerned about the day after Frank pushes her in front of her sisters?
(a) Sophie's reactions.
(b) What Miss Leah thinks about Frank.
(c) Frank's well-being.
(d) Her baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fannie entice Frank with to get him to stay and talk?

2. What does Miss Leah insinuate when she says Sophie is out all week not to swing votes but for other reasons?

3. What does Fannie want from Sophie in regard to Minnie's happiness?

4. What does Frank ask for in Act 2, Scene 5 that Fannie refuses?

5. What does Minnie do when she sees Frank in Act 2, Scene 5?

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