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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. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?
(a) They moved the church.
(b) She went to be with her mother.
(c) She found cheaper lodgings.
(d) She married a man.

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

3. What does Bynum give Mattie?
(a) a cloth packet to put under her pillow for luck
(b) a pouch of herbs to make a tea that will ease pain
(c) a potion to drink to bring love to her
(d) a candle to burn each night until she forgets her sorrow

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

5. How many more dustpans does Selig want?
(a) as many as Seth can make
(b) fifty
(c) none
(d) ten

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much extra does Seth want to charge Herald Loomis per week for his daughter's food?

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

4. How long does Seth say it would take him to teach Bynum to make a pot?

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

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