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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Minnie explain her injury?
(a) She slipped when in New Orleans.
(b) She was dancing and fell in the street.
(c) She fell on the train.
(d) She was cutting wood.

2. What does Miss Leah share about her past concerning her children?
(a) She never gave successful birth while a slave and paid for it.
(b) All her children are the little ones she worked next to on the plantation.
(c) She was able to find two of her sold children after she was freed.
(d) She gave birth to ten that were sold and five while free.

3. What does Miss Leah ask when she joins Fannie and Wil in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) What they should do to stop Sophie from going too far.
(b) What they should do about Frank.
(c) Where Frank is.
(d) Where Sophie is.

4. How did Frank's father meet his mother?
(a) They worked on the same plantation.
(b) His father owned Frank's mother.
(c) In the town grocery.
(d) Frank's mother kept house for Frank's grandfather.

5. What do the men Frank meets from the train and town call Minnie?
(a) A "picanniny."
(b) An "animal."
(c) A "monkey."
(d) A "nigger."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where among the sisters does Minnie fit?

2. What does Miss Leah refuse to use despite her obvious need?

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

4. Why is it difficult for Frank to miss colored people?

5. What finally calms Frank down after reading the telegram?

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