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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Minnie and her family know what Frank's situation is in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Wil tells them what he has heard in town.
(b) Fannie reads the telegram aloud.
(c) Frank yells it aloud in anger.
(d) Sophie demands Frank explain his behavior.

2. When does Miss Leah go west?
(a) As soon as she is freed.
(b) The day the Homestead Act is enacted.
(c) When all her children dies.
(d) When James dies.

3. How does Sophie's speech go at church?
(a) Well.
(b) Sophie gets nervous and stammers the entire time.
(c) There are many arguments that the money is too much to refuse.
(d) Not many people stay to hear her speak.

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

5. What does Minnie compare the beginnings of her life with Frank to?
(a) A celebrity's life.
(b) A fairy tale.
(c) Every woman's dream.
(d) A whole new dimension.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in Act II Scene IV carries a shotgun at the front porch?

2. 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?

3. What is Sophie's mood before she encounters Frank in the yard?

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

5. What does Miss Leah share about her past concerning her children?

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