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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Frank receive from his telegram?
(a) His assets and paternity is denied.
(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) People he owes money to in London have found him.

2. What truth does Frank finally face when Minnie tries to comfort him?
(a) That he needs the black community's support.
(b) That he is a bastard.
(c) That Sophie is right about everything.
(d) That he is lucky to have Minnie.

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

4. What stops Frank and Minnie from returning to their old life in London?
(a) Frank has too many enemies back in London.
(b) Frank needs to argue with his brothers for more money.
(c) Minnie wants to stay close to home.
(d) Absolutely no money to buy him a passage ticket back.

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

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

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

8. What is Minnie and Frank's reaction when they see Sophie in the kitchen?
(a) They are both nervously startled.
(b) They clasp each other's hands in fear of what Sophie will say or do.
(c) Minnie is excited and runs to hug her while Frank waits.
(d) Frank is happy for the opportunity to apologize to Sophie while Minnie smiles on.

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

10. What happens to Miss Leah's children after she is free?
(a) They die from illnesses on the way out west.
(b) They are kidnapped and lynched.
(c) They all die from fever.
(d) They are killed by natives when they move out west.

11. What does Fannie think about Frank's feelings toward Minnie?
(a) She thinks Frank loves Minnie but sometimes circumstances can be hard.
(b) She believes he is sorry.
(c) She thinks he will likely hit her again.
(d) She still believes Minnie should leave him.

12. Who does Frank say colored people always put in charge?
(a) An educated man such as himself.
(b) An outsider with a fresh view like his.
(c) A man.
(d) The lightest of the bunch.

13. Which character in Act II Scene IV carries a shotgun at the front porch?
(a) Miss Leah.
(b) Wil Parrish.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Sophie.

14. Sophie makes a speech in church about the speculators and selling the land. When will the vote take place from the time she gives her speech?
(a) The next week.
(b) Not for another month.
(c) The same day.
(d) The next day.

15. What does Frank fear most in his life since receiving the telegram?
(a) Becoming an ordinary colored person.
(b) Minnie leaving him.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Being killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative does Frank think can also hurt Sophie?

2. Where is Frank going in Act 2, Scene 3 when he encounters Fannie and Miss Leah?

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

4. What does Minnie find out about her own parents?

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

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