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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Luke starts to leave during Act I?
(a) Margaret starts crying.
(b) Luke falls against the table.
(c) Luke begins uncontrollable coughing.
(d) David asks him not to go.

2. Who says, "Cat got your tongue, Maggie?"
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Luke.
(c) Ida.
(d) Brother Boxer.

3. How old is David?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

4. Who tries to talk with the pastor about nothing being wrong with Brother Boxer's job in Act I?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sister Boxer.

5. During Act I, two people say "God doesn't like liars." Who were they?
(a) Sisters Boxer and Moore.
(b) David and Luke.
(c) Brother and Sister Boxer.
(d) Margaret and David.

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

7. Who says, "Tell him to call on the Lord!"
(a) Odessa.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Brother Boxer.
(d) Sister Boxer.

8. When Sister Moore asks if there's anyone who needs "the Lord's especial attention," who comes forward?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Luke Alexander.
(d) Ida Jackson.

9. What sits on top of the piano in the church in the first scene?
(a) A trumpet and hymn books.
(b) A bible and piano music.
(c) Nothing sits on top of the piano in the first act.
(d) Hymn books and tambourines.

10. When the congregation sings loudly and claps hands and shakes tambourines, this is called what kind of song?
(a) Gospel music.
(b) Folk music.
(c) "Feel good" music.
(d) A "shout" song.

11. What scenery does the play open with?
(a) A street scene.
(b) The church.
(c) The scrim wall of the tenement.
(d) The kitchen.

12. Who tells Margaret and Odessa that they look "almost like two young girls this morning."
(a) Brother Boxer.
(b) Brother James.
(c) Luke.
(d) David.

13. What do Margaret and Odessa agree that Brother Boxer doesn't have any right to be doing?
(a) Not helping his wife with the house.
(b) Smoking and drinking.
(c) Driving a liquor truck.
(d) Sitting in front of the television.

14. Who went downtown and saw Luke the night before the first scene?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Margaret.
(d) David.

15. Who refers to the home/church as a Holy Ghost station during the first act?
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Sister Boxer.
(c) Brother Boxer.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is played as the music prologue to Act I?

2. What is located stage left in "The Amen Corner"?

3. What does David say when his father asks if his mother is a good pastor?

4. What is located stage right in the first act and throughout the play?

5. What reason does David give for not wanting to go to Philadelphia with his mother?

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