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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Selig ask Seth to make with the metal sheets he's brought?
(a) buckets
(b) cooking pots
(c) dustpans
(d) tin cups

2. How much does Seth figure out Selig owes him for six pots, subtracting what Seth owes Selig?
(a) four dollars and eighty cents
(b) ten dollars and seventy-five cents
(c) thirty-five cents
(d) one dollar and twenty-two cents

3. Has Seth been successful finding funding for his business?
(a) Yes, he's found all the funding he needs.
(b) Yes, he's found one backer, but he needs more.
(c) No, several people have turned him down.
(d) No, the one businessman who could back him won't.

4. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?
(a) because he is from Bynum
(b) because he binds people
(c) because he does magic by numbers
(d) because he buys nothing

5. Who leads the Juba, as the caller?
(a) Bertha
(b) Seth
(c) Jeremy
(d) Bynum

6. Where does Bynum say everyone in the vision is going?
(a) into the ocean again
(b) down into the cellar of the world
(c) along the road, their own ways
(d) up into the sky

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

8. Where was Molly planning on going, if she hadn't missed the train?
(a) Cincinnati
(b) Minneapolis
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

9. What does Bertha tell Seth to get ready for?
(a) bed
(b) work
(c) breakfast
(d) church

10. What is Bynum's reaction when Seth suggests a Juba?
(a) He says he's always ready to Juba.
(b) He says he needs some rest.
(c) He says he'll watch the others.
(d) He says they Juba too much.

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

12. What does Bynum compare Jeremy to?
(a) a ship on the sea
(b) an ant crawling across a table
(c) an apple on a tree
(d) a child running away from home

13. What was Jeremy arrested for?
(a) robbing a store
(b) stealing a cactus
(c) brandishing a knife
(d) being drunk

14. What does Mattie say about moving in to the boardinghouse?
(a) She had to sell some of her things to have room.
(b) She didn't have many things and Jeremy helped her.
(c) She didn't bring all of her things.
(d) She will need a few days to finish moving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bynum compare a woman to, that's "all a man needs to live on"?

2. Who is Herald Loomis looking for?

3. What does Bertha call Zonia?

4. How many more dustpans does Selig want?

5. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?

(see the answer keys)

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