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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 do Cap'n Dan and Fred respond to Brady's confession?
(a) The taunt him.
(b) They agree with him.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) They say he will be just fine.

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

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

4. How does the play begin?
(a) With an argument over where Brady will go to train.
(b) With an argument over whether Brady, the current white heavyweight boxing champion, should fight an up-and-coming black boxer.
(c) With an argument over whether Brady should be the new Great White Hope.
(d) With a a meeting to discuss who Brady should fight next.

5. How does the crowd react to Jack's arrival?
(a) There are no cheers.
(b) They say nothing.
(c) They cry.
(d) They cheer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the young man respond when Jack turns to him and asks what winning is going to do for him directly?

2. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?

3. What does Brady confess?

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

5. Why does Goldie ask Ellie to excuse them?

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