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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troubles Frank about his racial history?
(a) He is part Native American.
(b) He is part white.
(c) He is part black.
(d) He looks white.

2. What is Frank's attitude from the start?
(a) He does not want to be there.
(b) He is excited to meet Minnie's family.
(c) He is nervous about Sophie and Fannie's opinion of him.
(d) He is competitive with Wil.

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

4. What does Frank pass as when in town?
(a) A homesteader.
(b) A gambling hustler.
(c) A speculator.
(d) A white man.

5. How does Sophie show her appreciation to Wil for fixing her fence?
(a) She bakes him a pie.
(b) She sends him flowers.
(c) She invites him to dinner.
(d) She sends Fannie to tell him thank you.

6. What is Sophie trying to convince the Negroes of Nicodemus?
(a) To sell their land to speculators for a certain price.
(b) To open up a school.
(c) To learn how to read.
(d) Not to sell their land to speculators.

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

8. Frank's tone can be assumed as __________.
(a) Uptight.
(b) Amiable.
(c) Natural.
(d) Nervous.

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

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

11. What does Sophie think about Wil's feelings toward Fannie?
(a) She is upset by it.
(b) She does not understand it.
(c) She supports it.
(d) It doesn't bother her as long as no one is hurt.

12. Where does Frank go to in Act 1, Scene IV?
(a) Out for a walk.
(b) The train station.
(c) To the local pub.
(d) The telegraph office.

13. Where does Fannie's sister Minnie currently live?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Mexico.

14. Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's relationship is _________.
(a) Awkward.
(b) Forced.
(c) Close.
(d) Formal.

15. What does Miss Leah refuse to use despite her obvious need?
(a) Gloves.
(b) Eyeglasses.
(c) A cane.
(d) A shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Frank walks aggressively toward Minnie what is Sophie's reaction?

2. What are Wil's feelings toward Fannie?

3. How does Wil show he is a good man?

4. Wil Parrish can be described as _________.

5. Who does Frank stop to talk to before he greets Minnie's sisters?

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