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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bertha say Loomis needs?
(a) someone to make him laugh
(b) someone to keep him in line
(c) someone to watch over him
(d) someone to feed him

2. What does Mattie give to Zonia?
(a) a picture
(b) a ribbon
(c) a flower
(d) a doll

3. Who does Bertha blame for Jeremy's behavior?
(a) Jeremy
(b) Mattie
(c) herself
(d) Molly

4. What does Seth say when Bertha asks why he is late?
(a) He says he was on Logan Street talking with some men.
(b) He says he was out looking for workers to make pots.
(c) He says he was checking up on Herald Loomis.
(d) He says he was at the church asking about Martha.

5. What are Seth and Bynum doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) rolling dice
(b) playing dominoes
(c) playing cards
(d) playing checkers

6. What is Bynum doing when he comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) singing
(b) chanting
(c) crying
(d) sneaking

7. What does Seth say about Loomis' dinner?
(a) He'll have to pay extra for the dinner.
(b) He is too late and can have no dinner.
(c) His plate is on the table.
(d) Bertha will come to cook him a late dinner.

8. Who did Reuben see out in the yard the previous night?
(a) Loomis
(b) Bynum
(c) Seth
(d) Mattie

9. Why does Bynum tell Loomis that he's singing?
(a) to deliver a message
(b) to bring joy to others
(c) because he's driven to sing
(d) to entertain himself

10. When does Bertha say is the only time Seth is satisfied?
(a) when he's complaining
(b) when he's eating
(c) when he's making pots and pans
(d) when he's sleeping

11. What does Seth threaten to kick Loomis out if he does?
(a) be impolite to Bertha
(b) continue acting strangely
(c) become noisy
(d) cause a disturbance

12. What has Joe Turner come with?
(a) forty links of chain
(b) a paper from a man
(c) a golden necklace
(d) a letter from a woman

13. What does Bynum say he used to do?
(a) pick tobacco
(b) pick apples
(c) pick oranges
(d) pick cotton

14. What does Bertha recommend to Loomis?
(a) a farm she knows is hiring
(b) a school for Zonia
(c) another boardinghouse
(d) a man who might be able to find his wife

15. What was Loomis doing when Joe Turner caught him?
(a) sleeping under a tree
(b) fishing at a public pond
(c) preaching to gamblers
(d) buying bread

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Joe Turner's brother?

2. What does Bertha give Mr. Loomis for breakfast?

3. Zonia asks Reuben what something feels like. What does she ask about?

4. Who does he say made up the song?

5. Who does Bertha say was doing the same as Loomis?

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