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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Sophie get from Miss Lewiston?
(a) Miss Baker just gave birth to a healthy child.
(b) Miss Lewiston will not be able to lend her wagon to Sophie.
(c) Miss Lewiston will not be able to teach school in the spring.
(d) Miss Lewiston cannot come to help care for Miss Leah.

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

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

4. Why does Miss Leah stay with Sophie and Fannie rather than in her own home?
(a) Miss Leah is older and needs the younger women's help.
(b) Miss Leah is in marital trouble.
(c) Miss Leah's home is not equipped for winter.
(d) Miss Leah's home is being sold.

5. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.
(a) Appalled.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Happy.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?

2. What does the sisters' ritual celebrate?

3. What is Fannie's manner at the train station?

4. How does Sophie show her appreciation to Wil for fixing her fence?

5. What is Frank adamant about in regard to home?

(see the answer key)

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