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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the African-American man's father say the people that were coming for him were going to do to him?
(a) Hang him.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Nail him to a cross.

2. What does the Landlady repeatedly do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Shout.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

3. What did the African-American man's mother want him to learn on his journey?
(a) The language.
(b) Re-learn what life was like there.
(c) The school system.
(d) Successful business methods.

4. What was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?
(a) He or she was losing their hair.
(b) He or she was getting a hair cut.
(c) He or she was dying.
(d) He or she was bleeding.

5. Where does the Landlady say Sarah stays?
(a) In her room.
(b) In the bar.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes "Negro" to lose her hair?

2. An African-American man walks on stage in Part 2. What is he carrying?

3. What is the play's stage setting supposed to represent?

4. Where does "Negro" tell people she lives?

5. What was the economic status of the neighborhood where the African-American man's father tried to hurt himself?

(see the answer key)

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