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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 Cora tell Bert the Colonel wants to do to him?
(a) Yell.
(b) Beat.
(c) Speak.
(d) Throw him out.

2. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?
(a) Hug Norwood in front of his rich white friends.
(b) Get lost in the fields.
(c) Tell Norwood he does not like him in front of his rich white friends.
(d) Refer to Norwood as "papa" in front of the Colonel's rich white friends.

3. For what does she blame him?
(a) Her many children.
(b) All that has happened.
(c) Her poor health.
(d) His own death.

4. What happens when Bert refuses?
(a) Norwood calls the police.
(b) The two stop arguing.
(c) Things become violent.
(d) Norwood leaves.

5. What is Sallie careful not to acknowledge?
(a) The Colonel's kindness.
(b) That she does not want to be a teacher.
(c) How much money the schooling will cost.
(d) The children's true parentage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the consequences for Bert's accident?

2. Tempers get to the point that the Colonel finally tries to do what to Bert?

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

4. To whom is Cora speaking at the end of the scene?

5. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?

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