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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. Who says something about "wishing you'd leave the Lord's work to the Lord."?
(a) David.
(b) Luke.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Odessa.

2. According to Luke, who goes digging for pork chops when she sees a man?
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Sister Boxer.
(d) Margaret.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Margaret and Odessa that they look "almost like two young girls this morning."

2. What type of set is used in "The Amen Corner"?

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

4. What nickname does Luke call his wife?

5. The set for "The Amen Corner contains what components?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act II, what does Brother Boxer say about what it cost him to go to Philadelphia when his wife was out of town?

2. Explain the layout of Sister Margaret Alexander's home and the church and their relationship to each other in this play. Be sure to define any theatrical terms.

3. In Act II, Luke insists that he heard David playing piano one day during the week. How did he know?

4. Why does Odessa refer to Sister Moore as "poor Sister Moore" in Act III?

5. What does Sister Sally have to say in Act II about traveling to Philadelphia?

6. Why is Odessa so upset with the other church members in Act III?

7. Odessa tries to convince Margaret to return to church in Act III and win back her congregation, but Margaret says she can't. Why?

8. In Act II, Sister Moore reports that people are coming to the church because they want an accounting from the church elders. What is she referring to?

9. Describe the church in "The Amen Corner."

10. What is a "shout" song mentioned in "The Amen Corner"?

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