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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. 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.

2. What do white folks call Nicodemus?
(a) "Blackwater."
(b) "Worthless."
(c) "Black death."
(d) "Niggerdemus."

3. Why does Frank make Sophie nervous?
(a) She believes he hates colored people.
(b) Frank always carries a shotgun with him.
(c) His city lifestyle is discomforting to her.
(d) Frank drinks too much.

4. How does Fannie show Frank a warm welcome?
(a) She gives him a bear hug.
(b) She smiles warmly at him.
(c) She shakes his hand for a long time.
(d) She kisses his cheek.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men Frank meets from the train and town call Minnie?

2. What is Fannie working on with Miss Leah and others in Nicodemus?

3. Why are Fannie, Sophie, and Minnie staying up so late at night?

4. When Frank walks aggressively toward Minnie what is Sophie's reaction?

5. Where does Frank go to in Act 1, Scene IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Frank is now stuck in Kansas with no money. How does this reality hit Frank, and what does this do to all the denials he has been suppressing?

2. The opening scene of Act I Scene IV has Miss Leah, Sophie, and Fannie awake, while Minnie and Frank are the last to get up. How does this indicate how each of them leads their lives?

3. What is Minnie's attitude in regard to London and Nicodemus? How does she feel about each place and why?

4. What changes are seen in Sophie from the beginning of the play to the end?

5. Frank quickly passes Fannie and Miss Leah but stops to talk with Sophie. Why does he react so differently with the women?

6. When Minnie first wakes up in Act 1, Scene 4, Miss Leah remarks that Minnie is looking more like herself this morning. What does she mean by this?

7. There is talk of speculators around Nicodemus. Who are they and what do they want? How do they influence the future of Nicodemus?

8. What is Sophie's nature and how does this help the Dove sisters?

9. Minnie asks Sophie whether she likes Frank, and Sophie does not admit how she really feels. Why doesn't Sophie share her true feelings despite her strong personality?

10. Minnie has braids in her hair when she and Frank first meet. Yet, when Miss Leah braids Minnie's hair on their visit, Frank gets angry. Why does Frank hate Minnie's hair this way?

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