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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bertha suggest Martha first came to the town to see?
(a) Selig
(b) Seth
(c) Bertha
(d) Bynum

2. How much time has passed between the end of Act 1, Scene 2 and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) one month
(b) one year
(c) one day
(d) one week

3. Why was Jeremy fired?
(a) He wouldn't pay 50 cents extortion to keep his job.
(b) He was drinking on the job.
(c) He yelled at his boss.
(d) He dropped a hammer and injured another worker.

4. Who left the rooming house, still owing Seth two dollars?
(a) Eugene
(b) Reuben
(c) Martha
(d) Hiram

5. Why does Zonia say she and her father have to find her mother?
(a) Her mother is in trouble with the law.
(b) Her mother ran away and left them.
(c) They need to bring her mother news.
(d) They need to give her mother an inheritance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie say about moving in to the boardinghouse?

2. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What two meals does Seth provide for his boarders?

4. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?

5. Why does Jeremy tell Mattie she should move in with him?

(see the answer key)

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