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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) Black people get to vote.
(b) The education system is not segregated between blacks and whites.
(c) There are no Jim Crow laws.
(d) There is still slavery.

2. What is it like for Miss Leah the first time she has sex?
(a) Loving.
(b) Comforting.
(c) Scary and awful.
(d) She already feels dead inside by this time.

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

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

5. How does Fannie show Frank a warm welcome?
(a) She smiles warmly at him.
(b) She shakes his hand for a long time.
(c) She gives him a bear hug.
(d) She kisses his cheek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Frank about his racial history?

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

3. Miss Leah is _________ in regards to her old age.

4. What news does Sophie get from Miss Lewiston?

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

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