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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seth tell Bertha to set aside, to come Juba instead?
(a) the baking
(b) the dishes
(c) the mending
(d) the laundry

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

3. What does Bertha want Seth to make her?
(a) a frying pan
(b) a coffee pot
(c) a baking sheet
(d) a metal platter

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

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

6. Who does Bertha suggest Martha first came to the town to see?
(a) Seth
(b) Selig
(c) Bynum
(d) Bertha

7. Who does Bertha say she gets along with?
(a) everybody
(b) men
(c) women
(d) children

8. Why does Selig say it's hard to find black people?
(a) They lie about their names.
(b) They move around too often.
(c) They look different from day to day.
(d) They get killed too often.

9. What do Jeremy and Molly compliment Bertha on?
(a) her coffee
(b) her cooking
(c) her cleaning
(d) her jokes

10. How long does Seth say it would take him to teach Bynum to make a pot?
(a) two hours
(b) two days
(c) two weeks
(d) two months

11. Who is Sally?
(a) Selig's wife
(b) Selig's cat
(c) Selig's horse
(d) Selig's daugher

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

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

14. What is Selig's nickname?
(a) the People Finder
(b) the Bargain Maker
(c) the Pan Man
(d) the Binder of What Clings

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What chore does Bertha ask Seth to help her with?

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

3. What does Loomis start to do to demonstrate how big he is?

4. Where did Jeremy win his dollar?

5. How many dustpans does Seth have to sell Selig on his second visit?

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