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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happens from the accident on, between the Colonel and Bert?
(a) Both of their personalities change.
(b) Sadness grows on both sides.
(c) Resentment grows on both sides.
(d) Love grows on both sides.
2. What does Bert believe he should not have to do?
(a) Leave his home.
(b) Talk with Norwood.
(c) Work out in the fields like the other field hands.
(d) Stand up to Norwood.
3. Soon after, which son comes in?
(a) Bert.
(b) Billy.
(c) Sam.
(d) William.
4. What does Robert do as the act ends?
(a) Hugs the Colonel.
(b) Walks proudly out the front door.
(c) Goes to his room.
(d) Runs out the back door.
5. Why does Sallie come in?
(a) To say good-bye.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) To say hello.
(d) To visit with her father.
6. What do Cora and William try to explain to Bert?
(a) Sallie has to leave to go to school.
(b) His behavior may end tragically for him and the rest of his family.
(c) Billie is too young to live with Bert.
(d) That Bert must go back north for school.
7. Of what does Cora stop and remind the Colonel?
(a) Bert is strong.
(b) The Colonel could go to jail.
(c) Bert is a man.
(d) Bert is their son.
8. How has Bert experienced more equal treatment in the big cities?
(a) He has traveled on business out of town.
(b) He has gone to school out of town.
(c) He has vacationed out of town.
(d) He has run away out of town.
9. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?
(a) Get lost in the fields.
(b) Tell Norwood he does not like him in front of his rich white friends.
(c) Hug Norwood in front of his rich white friends.
(d) Refer to Norwood as "papa" in front of the Colonel's rich white friends.
10. When and where does the play begin?
(a) On a spring morning in 1830s Virginia.
(b) On a spring afternoon in 1930 Virginia.
(c) On a fall afternoon in 1930s Georgia.
(d) On a fall morning in 1830s Georgia.
11. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?
(a) Bert and the Colonel despised each other.
(b) Bert had been the Colonel's favorite.
(c) Bert and the Colonel were never close.
(d) Bert and the Colonel were best friends.
12. What does Sallie try to do for Bert?
(a) Plead his case.
(b) Get him a hotel room.
(c) Help him move.
(d) Get him to move back north.
13. What do Cora and William discuss, regarding Bert?
(a) How smart he is.
(b) His headstrong ways.
(c) How he should move back north.
(d) How he looks like his father.
14. What is the real outrage about Bert's behavior?
(a) He had not asked permission of the Colonel.
(b) He dared to argue with a white woman.
(c) He did not apologize.
(d) He did not pay for the damages.
15. As the action opens, what are Norwood and Cora discussing?
(a) The plans for the next school year.
(b) The imminent departure of Cora's daughter Sallie for school.
(c) The arrival of Cora's daughter Sallie from school.
(d) The work that needs to be completed in the office.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sam slyly inform the Colonel about Bert?
2. After Higgins and Norwood leave, who enters again?
3. What will the Colonel not tolerate from a "darkie," especially his own child?
4. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?
5. How does Bert react to their explanation?
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