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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. What is the relationship between Sophie and Miss Leah?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Grandmother and grandchild.
(c) Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
(d) Mother and daughter.

2. Who is the last to get out of bed the day after Minnie arrives?
(a) Miss Leah.
(b) Fannie.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Frank.

3. What is Minnie doing when Act I, Scene IV ends?
(a) Sewing happily with Miss Leah.
(b) Timidly rocking back and forth on the porch.
(c) Undoing her plaits.
(d) Giving Frank a kiss goodbye as he leaves for town.

4. Wil is raised by whom?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) White slaveowners.
(c) Freed slaves.
(d) Seminole Natives.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is it like for Miss Leah the first time she has sex?

4. Why are Fannie, Sophie, and Minnie staying up so late at night?

5. What do white folks call Nicodemus?

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