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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. Why does Frank think Minnie brings no luck?
(a) She's too black.
(b) She's too dumb.
(c) She's too poor.
(d) She's too clumsy.

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

3. Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's relationship is _________.
(a) Formal.
(b) Forced.
(c) Awkward.
(d) Close.

4. According to Miss Leah, Kansas's winter teaches you what?
(a) Your determination to keep free.
(b) Your tenacity to survive.
(c) Your strength.
(d) There's nothing to hide behind between you and your soul.

5. Wil Parrish can be described as _________.
(a) Excitable.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Kind.
(d) Stoic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Sophie and Fannie walk in on Minnie and Frank?

2. Who is at home waiting to see Minnie?

3. What does Miss Leah refuse to use despite her obvious need?

4. What does Minnie want to do with her hair?

5. What image in the mirror occupies Minnie as she prepares to get ready for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vision does Sophie have for Nicodemus?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What happy sign of true love is apparent in the last scene?

7. Frank shows some tenderness toward Minnie, but he is also easily angered. Overall, what does Frank think of Minnie?

8. What news does Frank get that causes him to withdraw from everyone?

9. What struggle does Frank have with Sophie that prompts him to tell her to stop being high and mighty?

10. What does Minnie miss about Kansas and why?

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