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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is everyone silent when Sisters Moore and Boxer finish singing in Act I?
(a) Luke walks in the apartment.
(b) The first act has ended.
(c) Everyone has left the apartment.
(d) Everyone's head is bowed while they pray.

2. What music is playing in Luke's bedroom?
(a) A new recording of David's.
(b) One of Luke's old records.
(c) Gospel music.
(d) Dizzy Gillespie.

3. What scares David about being a musician?
(a) That he won't have family.
(b) That he'll never make money.
(c) That he won't be good enough.
(d) That he'll end up like his father.

4. Everyone tries to convince Margaret to stay to care for Luke instead of going out of town. What does she decide?
(a) Margaret calls and cancels her trip.
(b) Margaret decides to go on her trip.
(c) Margaret sends Sister Moore in her place.
(d) Margaret decides to postpone her trip for a couple of days.

5. Which of the characters is the pastor as the play opens?
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Margaret Alexander.
(c) Ida Jackson.
(d) Brother Boxer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went downtown and saw Luke the night before the first scene?

2. In Act II, we learn that it cost how much to get a specific window painted?

3. Who are Odessa and Sisters Moore and Boxer talking about when Act II opens?

4. In Act II, how much did Brother Boxer say that it cost him to go to Philadelphia?

5. How long has Luke been separated from his wife and son?

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