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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Joe Turner's brother?
(a) police chief of Memphis
(b) governor of Tennessee
(c) U.S. senator for Tennessee
(d) mayor of Memphis

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

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

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

5. What does Bynum say his father used to do for people?
(a) bless them
(b) tell their future
(c) heal them
(d) find their fortune

6. How long has Herald Loomis been looking for his wife?
(a) two years
(b) four years
(c) ten years
(d) seven years

7. What does Loomis compare Joe Turner catching slaves to?
(a) hunting possum
(b) target shooting
(c) picking apples
(d) fishing

8. What does Martha say Loomis needs?
(a) a song
(b) religion
(c) a woman
(d) forgiveness

9. What does Seth apologize to Molly for?
(a) Loomis' behavior
(b) the late breakfast
(c) asking for too much money
(d) getting angry

10. In what context does Bynum use the play's title?
(a) in a story about his youth
(b) in song lyrics
(c) in advice to Mattie
(d) quoting his grandmother

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

12. What does Loomis say when Mattie asks how he got separated from his wife?
(a) He says his wife deserted him at the worst time.
(b) He says Joe Turner split them up.
(c) He says it was his own fault for getting himself caught.
(d) He says he doesn't want to talk about it.

13. How long has Bertha been with Seth?
(a) two years
(b) twenty-seven years
(c) twelve years
(d) seven years

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

15. What does Molly say about her room?
(a) It's worth more than she's paying.
(b) It's the cleanest room she's seen.
(c) It's too small.
(d) It's nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bynum doing when he comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What does Seth say about Loomis' dinner?

3. What is Molly's attitude toward men?

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

5. What suggestion does Molly give Jeremy about his job?

(see the answer keys)

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