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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Norwood start off by telling Bert?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He is sorry that Bert had made such a huge mistake.
(c) He does not want to beat him the way he did that once
(d) He wants to make a fresh start.

2. As he leaves, who does Bert pass in the driveway?
(a) William and the storekeeper.
(b) The slave overseer, Talbot, and the storekeeper.
(c) Talbot and William.
(d) Billy and his friend.

3. What quickly escalates between the two men?
(a) The compassion.
(b) The argument.
(c) The hurt.
(d) The frustration.

4. Who does Bert hate?
(a) His mother for having him.
(b) Both the side of himself that is forced to submit to the white men and the white men that deny him.
(c) Himself.
(d) Only his father.

5. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?
(a) Bert and the Colonel were best friends.
(b) Bert and the Colonel despised each other.
(c) Bert had been the Colonel's favorite.
(d) Bert and the Colonel were never close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens from the accident on, between the Colonel and Bert?

2. He knows he is neither black nor white, and he looks just like who?

3. What do Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

4. What does Sam slyly inform the Colonel about Bert?

5. What does Norwood tell Bert that he is not going to tolerate?

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