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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 much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) one week
(b) one day
(c) a year
(d) three months

2. Why does Selig say it's hard to find black people?
(a) They get killed too often.
(b) They lie about their names.
(c) They move around too often.
(d) They look different from day to day.

3. How much extra does Seth want to charge Herald Loomis per week for his daughter's food?
(a) one dollar
(b) twenty cents
(c) three dollars
(d) seventy cents

4. What was Jeremy arrested for?
(a) robbing a store
(b) stealing a cactus
(c) brandishing a knife
(d) being drunk

5. What does Selig ask Seth to make with the metal sheets he's brought?
(a) buckets
(b) cooking pots
(c) dustpans
(d) tin cups

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?

2. Where does Seth chase Reuben and Zonia away from?

3. Where does Herald Loomis hang around?

4. How does Seth realize who Herald Loomis' wife is?

5. Why did Selig leave his wife?

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