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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack greet Brady?
(a) He does not greet him.
(b) With a glare.
(c) As an enemy.
(d) As a friend.

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

3. What does a group of rangers arrive and announce?
(a) All weapons are to be confiscated.
(b) The fight has been cancelled.
(c) No more seats are available in the arena.
(d) No blacks are allowed in.

4. About what is the performer's song?
(a) Whether Jack is a "coon."
(b) What it takes to be a "coon."
(c) A "coon" wishing he was white.
(d) He wishes he were a "coon."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the press calling the fight?

2. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?

3. When does Goldie say the fight is scheduled?

4. How does a man in the crowd joke about Brady?

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

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