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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Herald Loomis looking for?
(a) his cousin Glory
(b) his son Gerry
(c) his wife Martha
(d) his uncle Paul

2. What did the last person Seth said "wasn't right" do?
(a) ran away with a circus
(b) jumped off a bridge
(c) got arrested for stealing
(d) kidnapped a child

3. Why doesn't Seth want to tell Loomis where Martha is?
(a) He wants Loomis to give him money first.
(b) He doesn't know for sure which Martha he's looking for.
(c) He's afraid Loomis wants to harm her.
(d) He wants to keep Martha away from her daughter.

4. How much time has passed between the end of Act 1, Scene 2 and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) one week
(b) one month
(c) one day
(d) one year

5. What does Seth think of Bynum's story of a shiny man?
(a) He thinks it's a story Bynum heard elsewhere.
(b) He thinks it's important to find out if it's true.
(c) He thinks it's nonsense.
(d) He thinks it's a hallucination.

6. What instrument does Seth play?
(a) a horn
(b) drums
(c) a harmonica
(d) a guitar

7. What does Seth say Selig would have to do, if Seth got his business going?
(a) expand his territory
(b) work for Seth
(c) hire a helper
(d) open up a store

8. What two meals does Seth provide for his boarders?
(a) breakfast and tea
(b) breakfast and lunch
(c) lunch and dinner
(d) breakfast and dinner

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

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

11. What does Bynum say a woman can do?
(a) make something out of you
(b) make you a child again
(c) leave you in tears
(d) make you unable to see the truth

12. What does Molly come to Seth's house looking for?
(a) a job
(b) a room
(c) her husband
(d) her child

13. What does Bertha say about Loomis hiring Selig?
(a) He's made a good deal.
(b) He'll never hear from Selig again.
(c) He's got nothing to worry about now.
(d) He's wasted a dollar.

14. Where does Seth chase Reuben and Zonia away from?
(a) the kitchen
(b) the vegetable garden
(c) the front porch
(d) the church

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuben sell to Bynum?

2. Who does Jeremy compare Bertha's cooking to?

3. What did Selig's great grandfather do?

4. Where does Molly go after paying Seth for a week's board and lodging?

5. Why does Loomis say he can't stand up?

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