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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wil Parrish can be described as _________.

2. What does Fannie include in her drawings of Nicodemus?

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

4. What does Sophie show Minnie when Fannie goes to bed?

5. Why is it difficult for Frank to miss colored people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Miss Leah describes city people as hiding behind something. How does this symbolize Frank?

3. What plan does Miss Leah offer Minnie and her family in Act 2, Scene 4 so they can all live in peace?

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

5. What sense of feeling does the reader get when Miss Leah and Minnie talk as Miss Leah braids Minnie's hair?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What commonality do Sophie and Frank share, but react differently to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fannie, Sophie, Miss Leah, and Wil are hard-working folks who wants nothing more than an honest living that allows them to reap the benefits for which they work. Circumstances lead them to plot and execute murder. Write about how these good people end up committing such a crime and whether or not it is justifiable.

Essay Topic 2

Miss Leah remarks that everything they do is all for the children. How and why are children so important to Miss Leah?

Essay Topic 3

How do Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's move out west symbolize change in black history as much as it is change in physical location?

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