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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Miss Leah's children after she is free?
(a) They are kidnapped and lynched.
(b) They all die from fever.
(c) They die from illnesses on the way out west.
(d) They are killed by natives when they move out west.

2. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.
(a) Defensive.
(b) Happy.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Proud.

3. Sophie will accept Frank as long as __________.
(a) He is truly good to Minnie.
(b) He helps expand Nicodemus.
(c) He accepts prairie life as equal to city life.
(d) He pays for Minnie's share of property.

4. What troubles Frank about his racial history?
(a) He looks white.
(b) He is part black.
(c) He is part Native American.
(d) He is part white.

5. What hurts Sophie's feelings enough to stop her from advising Minnie?
(a) Fannie tells Sophie she is too harsh of a woman.
(b) Miss Leah tells Sophie this is one time she should learn to shut her trap.
(c) Minnie tells Sophie she thinks she is so high and mighty when she is not.
(d) Minnie tells Sophie she doesn't know what love is.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking to Fannie, what does Minnie say she wants from Frank?

2. How does Fannie prefer Minnie deal with her injury?

3. Where is Frank as Minnie speaks with her sisters about what to do about Frank?

4. In the family, Fannie can be considered __________.

5. What excuse does Minnie give to justify forgiveness for Frank's behavior?

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