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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 does Reuben sell to Bynum?
(a) stones
(b) seeds
(c) pigeons
(d) carving tools

2. What chore does Bertha ask Seth to help her with?
(a) clearing the leaves
(b) turning a mattress
(c) hauling out the trash
(d) cooking breakfast

3. What did Selig's great grandfather do?
(a) make clocks that kept perfect time
(b) bring blacks to America on ships
(c) married black lovers in his church
(d) tracked down criminals who ran away

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it odd that Loomis is wearing his coat?

2. When will Selig come again?

3. Why did Selig leave his wife?

4. What does Seth suggest Herald Loomis might do?

5. Who is Herald Loomis looking for?

(see the answer key)

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