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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 is Frank's attitude from the start?
(a) He is nervous about Sophie and Fannie's opinion of him.
(b) He does not want to be there.
(c) He is excited to meet Minnie's family.
(d) He is competitive with Wil.

2. What is the relationship between Sophie and Miss Leah?
(a) Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Grandmother and grandchild.

3. Minnie and Frank's relationship can be described as __________.
(a) Male dominant.
(b) Female dominant.
(c) Equal.
(d) Unconditionally loving.

4. How does Fannie prefer Minnie deal with her injury?
(a) Fannie thinks Minnie should talk about it only to Frank.
(b) Quietly among family only.
(c) Openly and not hidden.
(d) Fannie prefers to not talk about it at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Leah think of James, the father of her children?

2. How can the reader tell Sophie is older than Fannie?

3. Who comes to help Fannie and Sophie pick up Minnie and Frank?

4. Frank can be considered what about prairie life?

5. Where is Frank originally from?

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