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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sophie's attitude toward Frank when they first meet?
(a) Formal.
(b) Overly warm.
(c) Amiable.
(d) Dominant.

2. Minnie and Frank's relationship can be described as __________.
(a) Male dominant.
(b) Female dominant.
(c) Equal.
(d) Unconditionally loving.

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

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

5. Out of all the sisters, what does Miss Leah count on Minnie doing?
(a) Care for the farm.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Have children.
(d) Care for Miss Leah.

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

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

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

9. What does Fannie include in her drawings of Nicodemus?
(a) Everyone but Frank.
(b) Fannie and Wil standing next to each other.
(c) Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie.
(d) Minnie's stylish hat.

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

11. When Frank walks aggressively toward Minnie what is Sophie's reaction?
(a) She punches Frank in the face.
(b) She steps in front of Minnie to protect her.
(c) She aims a shotgun at him.
(d) She lunges toward Frank.

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

13. Where did Sophie and Fannie come from before arriving in Nicodemus, Kansas?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Mobile.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Nashville.

14. How does Frank win Minnie over when they first meet?
(a) He dedicates a poem to her.
(b) He writes a poem about her.
(c) He sings to her.
(d) He follows her until she agrees to go out on a date.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in Frank's hand when he finally arrives back home?

2. Why does Miss Leah begin to have children so early?

3. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?

4. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?

5. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.

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