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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that the black man did not fight "like a man" in a match in Australia?
(a) Fred.
(b) Brady.
(c) Smitty.
(d) Cap'n Dan.

2. Why does Cap'n Dan refuse to have the fight in any large cities?
(a) "Every nigger and his brother" will be there.
(b) Brady needs to be a "big fish in a small pond."
(c) Brady will get lost in the "big city."
(d) I can't stand "city folk."

3. Why does Cap'n Dan tell Brady the whole country is going to feel let down?
(a) If Brady ends his boxing career.
(b) If Brady continues to say he is afraid of this man.
(c) If Brady continues to refuse to fight.
(d) If Brady fights this man.

4. How does the boxer fight that makes him seem like he does not fight "like a man?"
(a) He smiled all during the match, taunted his opponent, and made "smart ass remarks to the crowd."
(b) He cried the entire match and begged for it to be over.
(c) He made cheap shots and cursed at the other boxer.
(d) He glared at the other boxer, he would not stop when the referee told him to, and he swung harder than he needed to.

5. When Cap'n Dan and Fred discuss the terms of the fight, who is named the referee?
(a) Fred.
(b) Cap'n Dan.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Smitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city do they agree to have the fight?

2. What are Tick, his black trainer, and Ellie, his white girlfriend, watching Jack do?

3. What does a group of rangers arrive and announce?

4. How does the play begin?

5. How does Smitty respond when Goldie tells him to fetch some police?

(see the answer key)

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