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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What floor does Seth say he's got a room available on?
(a) the second floor
(b) the first floor
(c) the third floor
(d) the basement

9. What does Bynum say he has a woman in?
(a) future time
(b) memory time
(c) living time
(d) eternal time

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

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

12. When will Selig come again?
(a) the next day
(b) the next Saturday
(c) when the season changes
(d) in a month

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

14. Who is missing from the dinner table, at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Loomis
(b) Mattie
(c) Jeremy
(d) Seth

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between the end of Act 1, Scene 2 and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What does Reuben sell to Bynum?

3. How does Jeremy say Mattie treats him?

4. What is the first question Seth asks Molly?

5. What does Loomis say is happening as Bynum tells him that everyone in the vision is standing up?

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