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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Bynum's metaphor, what is Mattie?
(a) land in the distance
(b) a plate of food
(c) the wind
(d) the road

2. 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) four dollars and eighty cents
(c) thirty-five cents
(d) ten dollars and seventy-five cents

3. What does Seth tell Molly is served on Sundays?
(a) fresh eggs
(b) roast beef
(c) fried chicken
(d) barbequed ribs

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

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

6. 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

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

8. Who offers help if Mattie or Molly need anything, now that they've moved into the rooming house?
(a) Jeremy
(b) Bertha
(c) Seth
(d) Bynum

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

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 they Juba too much.
(d) He says he'll watch the others.

11. In what strange way does Loomis start to speak?
(a) backwards
(b) in tongues
(c) in French
(d) in Swahili

12. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) one day
(b) a year
(c) three months
(d) one week

13. What does Reuben say happened to his best friend?
(a) He got stuck up.
(b) He moved away.
(c) He died.
(d) He fell for a girl.

14. 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

15. How does Jeremy say Mattie treats him?
(a) like she's afraid he's going to leave
(b) like he wants to be treated
(c) real bad and real good
(d) like a child

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bertha say she gets along with?

2. What did Mattie's man say was on her?

3. What does Molly come to Seth's house looking for?

4. Why doesn't Seth want to tell Loomis where Martha is?

5. What type of business does Seth want to start?

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