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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Frank do while in town?
(a) Picks up flowers and candies for Minnie.
(b) Picks up a white woman.
(c) Gives a poetry reading.
(d) Gambles.

4. What does Frank do with Minnie before she meets his friends?
(a) Tells her he loves her.
(b) Gives her a fashion makeover.
(c) Tells her how to act.
(d) Proposes to her.

5. What does Minnie miss about colored people?
(a) The way they look.
(b) Their strength in surviving anything.
(c) Their songs and stories.
(d) The natural comraderie.

6. Why does Frank think Minnie brings no luck?
(a) She's too poor.
(b) She's too black.
(c) She's too clumsy.
(d) She's too dumb.

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

8. How old is Frank when he first travels to Europe?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 30.

9. Why does Frank make Sophie nervous?
(a) His city lifestyle is discomforting to her.
(b) Frank always carries a shotgun with him.
(c) She believes he hates colored people.
(d) Frank drinks too much.

10. What does Frank learn while he is in town?
(a) That Sophie is a big name in Nicodemus.
(b) That Minnie's property is about to be put up for auction.
(c) That most of the blacks are leaning towards selling to speculators.
(d) That Minnie's property is worth a lot of money.

11. What news does Minnie yell to stop Sophie from hurting Frank?
(a) That she loves Frank.
(b) That Sophie is overreacting.
(c) That it is Minnie's fault.
(d) That Minnie is pregnant.

12. What surprises Miss Leah about Minnie's life abroad?
(a) There are no Jim Crow laws.
(b) There is still slavery.
(c) The education system is not segregated between blacks and whites.
(d) Black people get to vote.

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

14. Why is it difficult for Frank to miss colored people?
(a) He is mistreated by blacks wherever he goes.
(b) He regrets treating slaves badly when he was younger.
(c) He never had that community feeling to miss it.
(d) He never knew many black people.

15. What image in the mirror occupies Minnie as she prepares to get ready for dinner?
(a) A scar.
(b) A cut on her hand.
(c) A bruise on her arm.
(d) A bruised face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sisters' ritual celebrate?

2. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?

3. What do the men Frank meets from the train and town call Minnie?

4. What does Frank think of Minnie's hair after Miss Leah fixes it up?

5. Wil is raised by whom?

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