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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?
(a) She does not care as long as she is with Frank.
(b) She is excited about the different culture.
(c) She focuses on her work more than her surroundings.
(d) She is scared of the novelty.

2. How did Frank's father meet his mother?
(a) In the town grocery.
(b) His father owned Frank's mother.
(c) Frank's mother kept house for Frank's grandfather.
(d) They worked on the same plantation.

3. Miss Leah is _________ in regards to her old age.
(a) Accepting.
(b) Sad.
(c) Oblivious.
(d) In denial.

4. What does Sophie carry with her on her way back from grocery shopping in town?
(a) An axe.
(b) Wood.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A chicken.

5. What rule does Sophie want to pass in Nicodemus?
(a) That everyone must attend literacy courses.
(b) That no one can sell their land unless there is a town vote.
(c) That everyone has the freedom to privately sell their land whenever and to whomever.
(d) Those who sell their land must tell the rest of the town whom they are selling to.

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

7. What is Frank adamant about in regard to home?
(a) It is always in New Orleans and nowhere else.
(b) Home is wherever family is.
(c) Home is wherever he and Minnie are together.
(d) It is in London, not Nicodemus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who is the last to get out of bed the day after Minnie arrives?
(a) Miss Leah.
(b) Frank.
(c) Fannie.
(d) Minnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sophie show her appreciation to Wil for fixing her fence?

2. Who is at home waiting to see Minnie?

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

4. What is Sophie trying to convince the Negroes of Nicodemus?

5. Wil is raised by whom?

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