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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. 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) Where Sophie is.
(c) What they should do about Frank.
(d) Where Frank is.

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

3. What does the sisters' ritual celebrate?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Independence of men.
(c) The fact that they are property owners.
(d) Their womanhood.

4. What truth does Frank finally face when Minnie tries to comfort him?
(a) That he is lucky to have Minnie.
(b) That he is a bastard.
(c) That he needs the black community's support.
(d) That Sophie is right about everything.

5. What does Minnie wear upon arrival that indicates her lifestyle away from Kansas?
(a) Pants.
(b) Furs.
(c) Braids.
(d) A homely dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie think about Wil's feelings toward Fannie?

2. What news does Frank flaunt to make Sophie angry?

3. Which character in Act II Scene IV carries a shotgun at the front porch?

4. Sophie makes a speech in church about the speculators and selling the land. When will the vote take place from the time she gives her speech?

5. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?

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