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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Miss Leah think of James, the father of her children?
(a) She has no feelings toward the man.
(b) She despises him.
(c) She could have loved him if it was her choice.
(d) She loves him more than anything else.

3. Where did Sophie and Fannie come from before arriving in Nicodemus, Kansas?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New Orleans.

4. What does Sophie carry with her on her way back from grocery shopping in town?
(a) An axe.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Wood.
(d) A shotgun.

5. Wil Parrish can be described as _________.
(a) Stoic.
(b) Excitable.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Leah stay with Sophie and Fannie rather than in her own home?

2. What is Frank's attitude from the start?

3. What does Frank mention that offends Wil?

4. Who does Frank stop to talk to before he greets Minnie's sisters?

5. What is it like for Miss Leah the first time she has sex?

(see the answer key)

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