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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sophie, a homesteader needs _________ to survive.
(a) Money.
(b) Strength.
(c) A man.
(d) To be white.

2. What is Fannie's manner at the train station?
(a) Coquettish with Wil.
(b) Impatiently excited.
(c) Curious about the trains engineering.
(d) Impatient to get home again.

3. Frank can be considered what about prairie life?
(a) Resourceful.
(b) Well-read.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Intelligent.

4. How old is Miss Leah when she has her first child?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

5. What does Frank give Fannie as a gift?
(a) Pretty stationary and pen.
(b) An autographed book of Dunbar poetry.
(c) A poster.
(d) A sample of Frank's writings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Frank about his racial history?

2. What does Sophie show Minnie when Fannie goes to bed?

3. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.

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

5. What is Sophie trying to convince the Negroes of Nicodemus?

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