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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 mending
(b) the dishes
(c) the baking
(d) the laundry

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

3. Why is it odd that Loomis is wearing his coat?
(a) He said he was pawning the coat.
(b) The rain will stain it.
(c) The coat is dirty.
(d) The weather is hot.

4. What is the first question Seth asks Molly?
(a) where she comes from
(b) whether she has any money
(c) how long she's staying
(d) who told her about his house

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

6. Why does Seth say jokingly that he married Bertha?
(a) her money
(b) her good cooking
(c) her dresses
(d) her sound advice

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

8. What does Bynum caution Jeremy that he's doing to Mattie, asking her to move in so soon?
(a) spoiling her
(b) demeaning her
(c) ignoring her
(d) making a promise he can't keep

9. 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

10. Where does Molly go after paying Seth for a week's board and lodging?
(a) to the outhouse
(b) to her room
(c) to the church
(d) out to the twon

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

12. Why does Loomis say he can't stand up?
(a) He says the Earth is grabbing him.
(b) He says he doesn't want to stand.
(c) He says his legs won't stand.
(d) He says his legs are missing.

13. What does Jeremy use instead of his guitar, as a makeshift instrument?
(a) He drums on the table.
(b) He plays a washboard.
(c) He plays glasses.
(d) He bangs on a pot.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Selig say it's hard to find black people?

4. What does Bynum say he has a woman in?

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

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