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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Brady accept the idea?
(a) Yes, at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not at first.
(d) No.

2. What does Jack say he has not figured out?
(a) His opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
(b) How to be a optimistic loser.
(c) How to win in a way that will not get everybody angry at him.
(d) When the match will be.

3. What does a reporter call Brady?
(a) Our Hope.
(b) The White Hope.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) The New Hope.

4. Where are several things are going on, such as a dice game, bets on the outcome of the fight, and a performer in blackface performing for a group of fans unable to get into the arena itself?
(a) Inside the arena in Reno.
(b) Outside Jack's trailer.
(c) Outside the arena in Reno.
(d) Down the street from the arena.

5. How does the young man respond when Jack turns to him and asks what winning is going to do for him directly?
(a) It will give him self-respect.
(b) It will make white people respect him.
(c) He cannot answer.
(d) It will give him something to be happy about.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Brady face intense pressure?

2. How does the boxer fight that makes him seem like he does not fight "like a man?"

3. How does the crowd react to Jack's arrival?

4. As Tick shouts directions and questions, Jack shouts back comments and answers. Why does Jack stop?

5. Why does Tick tell Ellie to stick around?

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