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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 does Minnie say that shows some doubt about her forgiveness for Frank?
(a) She says she sees "Fannie so much happier with a man like Wil."
(b) She states she "doesn't know how much more anger she can take from him."
(c) She remarks that she "used to love him so much."
(d) She responds to Fannie that she's "felt greater love before."

2. What surprises Miss Leah about Minnie's life abroad?
(a) There is still slavery.
(b) Black people get to vote.
(c) The education system is not segregated between blacks and whites.
(d) There are no Jim Crow laws.

3. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?
(a) Flowers for Miss Leah.
(b) Flowers for Fannie.
(c) Flowers for Sophie.
(d) Flowers for Minnie.

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

5. Who is the only one to not say goodnight to Miss Leah?
(a) Frank.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Fannie.
(d) Wil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Frank about his racial history?

2. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.

3. How did Frank's father meet his mother?

4. What is Minnie most concerned about the day after Frank pushes her in front of her sisters?

5. What does Minnie reveal about Frank's current situation in Act 2, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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