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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Frank as Minnie speaks with her sisters about what to do about Frank?
(a) Skulking in the yard.
(b) Listening in by the window from outside.
(c) In town checking for telegrams.
(d) In town drinking and gambling.

2. What is the only reason Sophie is sorry for Frank's troubles?
(a) Because Frank might ask her for help.
(b) Because it might make Frank stay in Kansas and closer to her.
(c) Because they concern Minnie too.
(d) Because Sophie doesn't believe in wishing bad luck on anyone.

3. 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) Where Sophie is.
(d) What they should do to stop Sophie from going too far.

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

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

6. What news does Frank receive from his telegram?
(a) People he owes money to in London have found him.
(b) He will receive just 1% of his father's assets.
(c) His brothers want Frank to provide proof that he is really their father's son.
(d) His assets and paternity is denied.

7. About a week after Frank's physical outburst, Act 2, Scene 2 opens up with everyone getting ready to go where?
(a) A picnic.
(b) The train station.
(c) Church.
(d) The Saturday market.

8. What does Sophie shift in her arm that alarms Frank as they talk?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A thick piece of fire wood.

9. What causes Minnie to stumble her way into the main room in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) She has been beaten by Frank.
(b) She is attacked by black folks on her way home.
(c) She is attacked by the white men from the train.
(d) She is drunk.

10. What hurts Sophie's feelings enough to stop her from advising Minnie?
(a) Minnie tells Sophie she thinks she is so high and mighty when she is not.
(b) Minnie tells Sophie she doesn't know what love is.
(c) Miss Leah tells Sophie this is one time she should learn to shut her trap.
(d) Fannie tells Sophie she is too harsh of a woman.

11. What does Frank ask for in Act 2, Scene 5 that Fannie refuses?
(a) Milk.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) Fannie's deed.
(d) A loan.

12. What is Fannie's reaction when she sees Minnie struggle into the main room in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) She curses Frank.
(b) She runs to find the people that hurt Minnie.
(c) She cries and hugs Minnie.
(d) She calls for Sophie.

13. Frank threatens to do what to Minnie in Act 2, scene 2?
(a) Leave her in Kansas.
(b) Purposefully cause a miscarriage.
(c) Kill her and her family.
(d) Bring her to town and sell her off.

14. What shows Frank's personal rivalry with Sophie in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) He asks Minnie to stop taking advice from Sophie.
(b) An inappropriate hand gesture at Sophie when Minnie hugs him.
(c) He greets everyone but blatantly ignores Sophie.
(d) He smirks at Sophie when Minnie hugs him.

15. In the family, Fannie can be considered __________.
(a) The bravest.
(b) The sister who chooses to ignore what does not directly affect her.
(c) The instigator.
(d) The peacemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Minnie give to justify forgiveness for Frank's behavior?

2. According to Minnie's mother, why don't some black women leave their husbands when they are abusive?

3. What happens to Miss Leah's children after she is free?

4. When is the first thing Frank does when he reads the telegram?

5. According to MInnie, what event causes Frank to escalate his hate for black people?

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