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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?
(a) She is a mulatto.
(b) She was part of the Underground Railroad.
(c) She came from a well-respected and educated family.
(d) She is a mestizo.

2. What is it like for Miss Leah the first time she has sex?
(a) Comforting.
(b) She already feels dead inside by this time.
(c) Scary and awful.
(d) Loving.

3. What is in Frank's hand when he finally arrives back home?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A bottle of whiskey.
(c) A flask.
(d) A shotgun.

4. 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.

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

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

7. What does Frank hate about the U.S.?
(a) The weather.
(b) The lack of appreciation for poetry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Segregation.

8. What do white folks call Nicodemus?
(a) "Black death."
(b) "Niggerdemus."
(c) "Blackwater."
(d) "Worthless."

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

10. Why does Miss Leah begin to have children so early?
(a) This allows her to not work on the plantation.
(b) It is the only form of love she knows.
(c) Her slave owner makes her.
(d) She is raped by the slave owner.

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

12. Why are Fannie, Sophie, and Minnie staying up so late at night?
(a) They are waiting to hear from Wil Parrish.
(b) They are waiting for Frank to come home.
(c) They are discussing the expansion plans of Nicodemus.
(d) They are preparing for their ritual.

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

14. What are Wil's feelings toward Fannie?
(a) He disrespects her.
(b) He admires her.
(c) He dislikes the way she handles home life.
(d) He thinks she can be boring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Minnie explain her injury?

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

3. Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's relationship is _________.

4. What is Fannie's manner at the train station?

5. Why does Frank think Minnie brings no luck?

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