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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?
(a) tell Martha that Loomis is looking for her
(b) send Loomis away from the boarding house
(c) get Martha a job in another town
(d) tell Loomis Martha is in another state

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

3. Why can't Bynum tell Selig the meaning of life?
(a) He says Selig has to figure it out.
(b) He says Selig isn't ready to understand.
(c) He says Selig doesn't really want to know.
(d) He says Selig resists the knowledge.

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

5. What fine did Jeremy have to pay?
(a) fifty cents
(b) no fine
(c) two dollars
(d) thirty dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seth tell Bertha to set aside, to come Juba instead?

2. What does Seth say was Martha's job, when Bynum first came to the rooming house?

3. Who does Jeremy want Selig to find?

4. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?

5. What was Jeremy arrested for?

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