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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. What did Mattie's man say was on her?
(a) the devil's breath
(b) a curse prayer
(c) an aura of death
(d) a dark cloud

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

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

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

5. What does Bertha say about Loomis hiring Selig?
(a) He's got nothing to worry about now.
(b) He's made a good deal.
(c) He's wasted a dollar.
(d) He'll never hear from Selig again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seth suggest Herald Loomis might do?

2. Who is Sally?

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

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

5. What does Selig ask Seth to make with the metal sheets he's brought?

(see the answer key)

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