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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Bertha doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) washing dishes
(b) staring out the window
(c) fixing breakfast
(d) sweeping the floor

3. What does Bynum compare a woman to, that's "all a man needs to live on"?
(a) biscuits and gravy
(b) meat and milk
(c) water and berries
(d) bread and wine

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

5. How does Seth realize who Herald Loomis' wife is?
(a) She looks just like Loomis' daughter.
(b) Loomis shows him a picture.
(c) He remembers the woman mentioning her husband's name.
(d) Loomis shows him a necklace that's the same as his wife's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuben say happened to his best friend?

2. What do lenders want from Seth?

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

4. Who does Bertha suggest Martha first came to the town to see?

5. Why did Selig leave his wife?

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