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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Miss Leah go west?
(a) When all her children dies.
(b) When James dies.
(c) As soon as she is freed.
(d) The day the Homestead Act is enacted.

2. What does Frank call Minnie once they are alone?
(a) A nigger.
(b) A picaninny.
(c) An animal.
(d) A monkey.

3. What do the sister's give Minnie for her 21st birthday?
(a) A paid for passage ticket back to London.
(b) An expensive dress so she wouldn't miss London so much.
(c) A deed to a third of the property.
(d) A deed to all their land in Nicodemus, Kansas.

4. What shows Minnie's ignorance of what Frank cares about in life?
(a) She tells him Sophie forgives him.
(b) She tells him Nicodemus will be a paradise for black folks.
(c) She asks him doesn't he think the baby should be the first priority.
(d) She comforts him by saying as long as they have each other, life is fine.

5. According to Miss Leah, Kansas's winter teaches you what?
(a) Your strength.
(b) Your determination to keep free.
(c) Your tenacity to survive.
(d) There's nothing to hide behind between you and your soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Minnie dressed when she enters in Act 2, Scene 6?

2. In the family, Fannie can be considered __________.

3. How old is Miss Leah when she has her first child?

4. Where does Fannie's sister Minnie currently live?

5. Who comes by with a telegram for Frank?

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