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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two men do?
(a) Call for Cora.
(b) Leave the room.
(c) Struggle with one another.
(d) Shoot each other.

2. What does Norwood say he has done for Cora's children?
(a) Absolutely nothing.
(b) Even more than he has done for his other "darkies."
(c) Everything a father would do for his own children.
(d) Fathered them.

3. What does Bert plan when these people come for him?
(a) Run away.
(b) Turn himself in.
(c) Hide.
(d) To take some down with him.

4. Who is not on time to the six o'clock meeting?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Bert.
(c) William.
(d) Cora.

5. From where does Cora come?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) Upstairs.
(c) Outside.
(d) The kitchen.

6. What does Norwood think about but not do to Bert?
(a) Stab him.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Kick him.
(d) Push him.

7. With whom did Bert have dinner?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Cora.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) William.

8. With Norwood's death, what is Cora finally able to do?
(a) Love him.
(b) Run away.
(c) Cry.
(d) Stand up to him.

9. Why do they form this?
(a) To pray for Norwood's soul.
(b) To pray for Bert's soul.
(c) To track Bert down.
(d) To find the killer.

10. Who do these two men find?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Cora.
(c) Sam.
(d) Norwood.

11. With whom does Cora enter?
(a) Norwood.
(b) William.
(c) Sam.
(d) Bert.

12. Where does Cora say she will see Bert when he leaves?
(a) At the back door.
(b) In the car.
(c) At the front door.
(d) On the bus.

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

14. What is Bert holding?
(a) Norwood's pistol.
(b) Norwood's knife.
(c) Norwood's hand.
(d) Norwood's wallet.

15. Tempers get to the point that the Colonel finally tries to do what to Bert?
(a) Go to work in the fields.
(b) Tell his mother the truth.
(c) Send him to his room.
(d) Throw him out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these two men begin to form?

2. As he leaves, who does Bert pass in the driveway?

3. Where does Cora tell Bert to hide?

4. When does the first scene of the second act begin?

5. Of what does Cora inform this person?

(see the answer keys)

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