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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fannie prefer Minnie deal with her injury?
(a) Fannie thinks Minnie should talk about it only to Frank.
(b) Fannie prefers to not talk about it at all.
(c) Openly and not hidden.
(d) Quietly among family only.

2. Where is Sophie when Frank first enters home from town and sees Minnie?
(a) Asleep.
(b) Checking on the horses.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Going to town to find Frank.

3. What is Fannie's manner at the train station?
(a) Coquettish with Wil.
(b) Curious about the trains engineering.
(c) Impatiently excited.
(d) Impatient to get home again.

4. Why is it difficult for Frank to miss colored people?
(a) He regrets treating slaves badly when he was younger.
(b) He never knew many black people.
(c) He is mistreated by blacks wherever he goes.
(d) He never had that community feeling to miss it.

5. What does Miss Leah refuse to use despite her obvious need?
(a) Eyeglasses.
(b) Gloves.
(c) A cane.
(d) A shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Miss Leah, Kansas's winter teaches you what?

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

3. What news does Minnie yell to stop Sophie from hurting Frank?

4. What is it like for Miss Leah the first time she has sex?

5. How old is Miss Leah when she has her first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Wil mentions that he does not understand black-on-black crime when they have enough to deal with from white folk. Why would this not apply to Frank?

2. When Sophie explains to Minnie that she's working on the vote in regard to the speculators, Minnie asks if politics are really important. How does this show Minnie's naivete?

3. Sophie and Fannie give Minnie a deed to a third of the property for her 21st birthday. How do Minnie and Frank react to the gift?

4. Why did Miss Leah go west?

5. What is the mood of the last scene of the play, and how is it shown?

6. What is Sophie's reaction when Minnie hands over the deed and what does that say about Sophie?

7. Sophie could not care less about Memphis, but is absolutely passionate about Kansas. Why is Sophie so passionate about Nicodemus, Kansas?

8. What is Frank's attitude in regard to Nicodemus? Why?

9. Why is it important that Fannie be the one to serve Frank the apple pie?

10. What is Minnie thinking while Frank beats her up in Act 2, Scene 3?

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