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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what strange way does Loomis start to speak?
(a) in French
(b) in tongues
(c) backwards
(d) in Swahili

3. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?
(a) They moved the church.
(b) She went to be with her mother.
(c) She married a man.
(d) She found cheaper lodgings.

4. Who does Jeremy compare Bertha's cooking to?
(a) his aunt's
(b) his own
(c) his mother's
(d) Mattie's

5. What spiritual entity is mentioned in the Juba, as noted in the play's stage direction?
(a) Jesus
(b) the Holy Ghost
(c) the Heavenly Father
(d) the God of Nature

6. What is Bynum's reaction when Seth suggests a Juba?
(a) He says they Juba too much.
(b) He says he's always ready to Juba.
(c) He says he'll watch the others.
(d) He says he needs some rest.

7. What does Bertha want Seth to make her?
(a) a coffee pot
(b) a metal platter
(c) a frying pan
(d) a baking sheet

8. What does Loomis start to do to demonstrate how big he is?
(a) unzip his pants
(b) stand on his toes
(c) jump up on the table
(d) hold out his arms

9. What did Selig's great grandfather do?
(a) tracked down criminals who ran away
(b) make clocks that kept perfect time
(c) married black lovers in his church
(d) bring blacks to America on ships

10. How long does Seth say Bynum has been at the rooming house?
(a) a year
(b) ten years
(c) two months
(d) three years

11. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) three months
(b) a year
(c) one day
(d) one week

12. Why doesn't Seth want to tell Loomis where Martha is?
(a) He's afraid Loomis wants to harm her.
(b) He doesn't know for sure which Martha he's looking for.
(c) He wants Loomis to give him money first.
(d) He wants to keep Martha away from her daughter.

13. Where does Herald Loomis hang around?
(a) outside the church
(b) in the town square
(c) at the local store
(d) on the front porch

14. What does Bynum give Mattie?
(a) a candle to burn each night until she forgets her sorrow
(b) a pouch of herbs to make a tea that will ease pain
(c) a cloth packet to put under her pillow for luck
(d) a potion to drink to bring love to her

15. What does Jeremy use instead of his guitar, as a makeshift instrument?
(a) He plays glasses.
(b) He drums on the table.
(c) He bangs on a pot.
(d) He plays a washboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Loomis has a vision?

2. What does Loomis say is happening as Bynum tells him that everyone in the vision is standing up?

3. What is the first question Seth asks Molly?

4. How much extra does Seth want to charge Herald Loomis per week for his daughter's food?

5. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?

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