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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much extra does Seth want to charge Herald Loomis per week for his daughter's food?
(a) three dollars
(b) twenty cents
(c) seventy cents
(d) one dollar

2. What type of business does Seth want to start?
(a) building houses
(b) shoeing horses
(c) farming vegetables
(d) making pots and pans

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

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

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

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

7. What does Seth say about Martha's last name?
(a) She probably changed her name.
(b) She always wanted a different name.
(c) She probably lied about her name.
(d) It's Pentecost, not Loomis.

8. What aspect of Mattie's looks does Jeremy comment on favorably?
(a) her hair
(b) her hips
(c) her eyes
(d) her legs

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

10. Why does Selig say he can't find Bynum's "shiny man"?
(a) The shiny man is always traveling and can't be tracked down.
(b) The shiny man lives too far away to find.
(c) He can't find someone without a name.
(d) He's looked everywhere and doesn't believe the shiny man exists.

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

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

13. 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 day
(c) one month
(d) one week

14. What does Bertha call Zonia?
(a) a lazy girl
(b) a good helper
(c) an ignorant child
(d) a happy innocent

15. What spiritual entity is mentioned in the Juba, as noted in the play's stage direction?
(a) the Holy Ghost
(b) the God of Nature
(c) Jesus
(d) the Heavenly Father

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Seth play?

2. In Bynum's metaphor, what is Mattie?

3. What is Bertha doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does Herald Loomis say his profession is?

5. What is the first question Seth asks Molly?

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