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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do lenders want from Seth?
(a) They want him to sign over 50% of the business.
(b) They want him to pay 10% interest.
(c) They want him to sign over his house.
(d) They want him to guarantee returns in writing.

2. Why does Zonia say she and her father have to find her mother?
(a) Her mother is in trouble with the law.
(b) They need to bring her mother news.
(c) Her mother ran away and left them.
(d) They need to give her mother an inheritance.

3. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?
(a) tell Loomis Martha is in another state
(b) send Loomis away from the boarding house
(c) tell Martha that Loomis is looking for her
(d) get Martha a job in another town

4. How much does Seth figure out Selig owes him for six pots, subtracting what Seth owes Selig?
(a) thirty-five cents
(b) one dollar and twenty-two cents
(c) ten dollars and seventy-five cents
(d) four dollars and eighty cents

5. What does Seth say was Martha's job, when Bynum first came to the rooming house?
(a) taking care of Doc Goldblum's children
(b) sewing and cleaning for Doc Goldblum
(c) running the pharmacy for Doc Goldblum
(d) cooking for Doc Goldblum

Short Answer Questions

1. Who left the rooming house, still owing Seth two dollars?

2. Who is Herald Loomis looking for?

3. Why does Selig say he can't find Bynum's "shiny man"?

4. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What does Reuben say happened to his best friend?

(see the answer key)

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