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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Higgins and Norwood leave, who enters again?
(a) Cora.
(b) Bert.
(c) William.
(d) Sallie.

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

3. For what does Cora plead with Bert?
(a) To move north.
(b) To go to his room.
(c) To leave now.
(d) To be polite to the Colonel.

4. Why has this guest come?
(a) To plead Bert's case.
(b) To tell the Colonel that Sallie is going to school to be a teacher.
(c) To warn the Colonel of the growing resentment of the white community towards Bert.
(d) To visit with the Colonel.

5. On what subject do Bert, Cora and William stay?
(a) Sallie's leaving.
(b) Bert's schooling.
(c) Bert's perceived arrogance.
(d) William's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Bert also riling up the white townspeople?

2. What does the guest warn the Colonel about Bert, if he does indeed get arrested for his behavior?

3. What does Cora tell Bert he needs to do, regarding his behavior?

4. For what does Sallie want to thank Norwood?

5. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Undertaker ask Sam?

2. What does Norwood say about his treatment of his "darkies?"

3. What does Cora tell Bert, when he says he will no longer work in the fields?

4. What does William do when he arrives?

5. What is Sam doing at the beginning of the scene?

6. What does Cora say to Bert, as they enter?

7. How does Sallie leave? Who arrives as Sallie leaves? Who is this person, and why has he come?

8. What does William try to do one more time? What is Cora's response?

9. How does the Colonel respond to Sam's question? What does Sam say about Bert? What stops the Colonel from fully processing what Sam has said to him?

10. What does Norwood do when he enters the room?

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