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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Minnie say that shows some doubt about her forgiveness for Frank?
(a) She remarks that she "used to love him so much."
(b) She responds to Fannie that she's "felt greater love before."
(c) She states she "doesn't know how much more anger she can take from him."
(d) She says she sees "Fannie so much happier with a man like Wil."

2. What does Miss Leah ask when she joins Fannie and Wil in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) What they should do about Frank.
(b) Where Frank is.
(c) What they should do to stop Sophie from going too far.
(d) Where Sophie is.

3. What does Wil offer Fannie as they talk on the porch?
(a) To kill Frank.
(b) To share his land with Fannie and her sisters.
(c) To buy them more land.
(d) To beat up Frank.

4. When talking to Fannie, what does Minnie say she wants from Frank?
(a) For her to be accepted by Frank's family.
(b) Frank's approval of her behavior.
(c) For Frank to like Nicodemus, Kansas.
(d) For their marriage to return to what it was like in the begining.

5. Who opens the door when Frank arrives?
(a) Miss Leah.
(b) The door is already open.
(c) Fannie.
(d) Minnie.

6. What does Miss Leah prepare Minnie to help her calm her nerves?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Soup.
(c) Herbal tea.
(d) A comfortable bed.

7. How does Minnie and her family know what Frank's situation is in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Sophie demands Frank explain his behavior.
(b) Fannie reads the telegram aloud.
(c) Frank yells it aloud in anger.
(d) Wil tells them what he has heard in town.

8. What surprises Fannie when Frank says he is going to run errands?
(a) It's a holiday.
(b) Fannie wonders what business Frank has that requires him to run errands.
(c) It's late at night.
(d) It's Sunday afternoon.

9. What does Minnie do when she sees Frank in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Cry.
(b) Takes the deed from his pocket.
(c) Gives him one last hug and kiss.
(d) Nothing.

10. What does Miss Leah think of Frank's violent behavior?
(a) Minnie can work it out if she becomes a better wife.
(b) He will never change.
(c) Frank needs to learn a lesson.
(d) It is just a phase.

11. What do the sister's give Minnie for her 21st birthday?
(a) A deed to a third of the property.
(b) An expensive dress so she wouldn't miss London so much.
(c) A deed to all their land in Nicodemus, Kansas.
(d) A paid for passage ticket back to London.

12. What does Minnie reveal about Frank's current situation in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Frank just found out his father is not his real father.
(b) Frank owes money from gambling in London.
(c) Frank is not getting work as a poet.
(d) His family has disowned him now that his father is dead.

13. What shows Minnie's ignorance of what Frank cares about in life?
(a) She tells him Sophie forgives him.
(b) She comforts him by saying as long as they have each other, life is fine.
(c) She tells him Nicodemus will be a paradise for black folks.
(d) She asks him doesn't he think the baby should be the first priority.

14. Minnie refuses to do what for Frank?
(a) Go back to London with him.
(b) Run his telegram to the post office.
(c) Ask Sophie to split up the land and sell her share.
(d) Head to New Orleans to settle his issues.

15. Who comes by with a telegram for Frank?
(a) The white men from the train.
(b) Wil Parrish.
(c) Mr. Baker.
(d) A courier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank tells the white men on the train Minnie is __________.

2. What stops Frank and Minnie from returning to their old life in London?

3. What does Wil think of bad memories?

4. Why does Frank return to the house in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. What does Frank fear most in his life since receiving the telegram?

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