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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Miss Leah when she has her first child?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

2. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?
(a) She was part of the Underground Railroad.
(b) She came from a well-respected and educated family.
(c) She is a mestizo.
(d) She is a mulatto.

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

4. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?
(a) She focuses on her work more than her surroundings.
(b) She is scared of the novelty.
(c) She is excited about the different culture.
(d) She does not care as long as she is with Frank.

5. What does Frank fear most in his life since receiving the telegram?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Minnie leaving him.
(c) Becoming an ordinary colored person.
(d) Being killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minnie wear upon arrival that indicates her lifestyle away from Kansas?

2. What rule does Sophie want to pass in Nicodemus?

3. What does Fannie want from Sophie in regard to Minnie's happiness?

4. Minnie refuses to do what for Frank?

5. Where does Frank go to in Act 1, Scene IV?

(see the answer key)

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