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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Seth remind Loomis of?
(a) what day it is
(b) how much breakfast he's eaten
(c) where his daughter is
(d) what time it is

3. What does Bertha give Mr. Loomis for breakfast?
(a) a plate of eggs and bacon
(b) a plate of biscuits and gravy
(c) a bowl of grits
(d) a plate of eggs and sausage

4. What does Bynum say Joe Turner wanted from Loomis?
(a) his love
(b) his song
(c) his soul
(d) his life

5. What is Molly's attitude toward men?
(a) She hates all men.
(b) She knows there is one true man for her.
(c) She doesn't trust them.
(d) She loves everything about men.

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

7. Where does Bynum say the song he starts singing comes from?
(a) New Orleans
(b) Memphis
(c) Chicago
(d) Talahassee

8. What odd shift does Seth work?
(a) two hours on, two hours off
(b) on the weekends
(c) every other day
(d) at night

9. What does Loomis say about Mattie's dress?
(a) It's looking old.
(b) It's got a lot of color.
(c) It's too short.
(d) It's soft.

10. What does Mattie say, when Loomis asks her to come be with him?
(a) that he's married to Martha
(b) that she's had enough of men
(c) that he'd use her up too fast
(d) that she needs to wait for Jack

11. What does Molly say her mother wouldn't do?
(a) wear clothes worn by another
(b) eat something she didn't make herself
(c) leave a window open
(d) drink anything someone gave her

12. Where did Reuben see the dead person?
(a) through Seth's window
(b) in the sky
(c) by the church
(d) by the pigeon coop

13. What does Seth say Joe Turner wanted from Loomis?
(a) someone to take his anger out on
(b) someone to do his work for him
(c) someone to make him feel big
(d) his sweat and caring

14. What explanation does Bertha give for Loomis' behavior?
(a) He is touched by the devil.
(b) He is touched by God.
(c) He drank too much.
(d) He got hit on the head.

15. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, what does Seth want to do about Loomis?
(a) send him to a hospital
(b) kick him out of the boardinghouse
(c) turn him over to the police
(d) get him a job out of town

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seth chide Bynum for?

2. Why does Seth say Bynum is singing?

3. What does Mattie give to Zonia?

4. Why did Martha move up North?

5. What does Molly say about her room?

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