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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 can the reader tell Sophie is older than Fannie?
(a) Sophie makes better coffee.
(b) Fannie is described as wearing girlish clothing.
(c) Sophie uses a cane.
(d) Fannie often defers to what Sophie says.

2. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.
(a) Appalled.
(b) Proud.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Happy.

3. What is Sophie trying to convince the Negroes of Nicodemus?
(a) To sell their land to speculators for a certain price.
(b) To open up a school.
(c) Not to sell their land to speculators.
(d) To learn how to read.

4. What does Frank pass as when in town?
(a) A speculator.
(b) A homesteader.
(c) A white man.
(d) A gambling hustler.

5. What does Minnie want to do with her hair?
(a) Grow it long.
(b) Cut it real short.
(c) Straighten it.
(d) Braid it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Miss Leah about Minnie's life abroad?

2. What does Minnie miss about colored people?

3. Where is Sophie when Frank first enters home from town and sees Minnie?

4. Wil Parrish can be described as _________.

5. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Minnie's explanation for her bruised face imply it is due to Frank?

2. Sophie mentions a Joshe and Belle. How does their story influence how Sophie feels about Minnie's domestic situation?

3. Compare and contrast London, Memphis, and Nicodemus.

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

5. Describe Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's ritual after their dinner.

6. Why does Minnie make excuses for Frank's aggressive behavior?

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

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

9. Act I, Scene V ends with Minnie's news about her pregnancy. How does this complicate her life even further?

10. Describe Miss Leah's character. How is she important to the story?

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