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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Seth say Bynum has been at the rooming house?
(a) a year
(b) three years
(c) two months
(d) ten years

2. How many dustpans does Seth have to sell Selig on his second visit?
(a) three
(b) twenty-eight
(c) fifteen
(d) sixty-one

3. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?
(a) send Loomis away from the boarding house
(b) get Martha a job in another town
(c) tell Martha that Loomis is looking for her
(d) tell Loomis Martha is in another state

4. Why can't Bynum tell Selig the meaning of life?
(a) He says Selig doesn't really want to know.
(b) He says Selig resists the knowledge.
(c) He says Selig isn't ready to understand.
(d) He says Selig has to figure it out.

5. Who does Jeremy want Selig to find?
(a) a girl he used to know
(b) a cousin from another state
(c) his aunt he knew as a child
(d) a brother he's lost track of

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seth say was Martha's job, when Bynum first came to the rooming house?

2. What is Bertha doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Seth think of Bynum's story of a shiny man?

4. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?

5. How much does Seth figure out Selig owes him for six pots, subtracting what Seth owes Selig?

(see the answer key)

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