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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Jeremy fired?
(a) He yelled at his boss.
(b) He dropped a hammer and injured another worker.
(c) He wouldn't pay 50 cents extortion to keep his job.
(d) He was drinking on the job.

3. What does Seth keep urging Bynum to do?
(a) stop singing and play
(b) stop fidgeting in his seat
(c) stop talking to Loomis
(d) stop cheating

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

5. Who does Bertha say was doing the same as Loomis?
(a) Bynum
(b) Molly
(c) Jeremy
(d) Mattie

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

7. What does Molly say about whether she would have gone to Bynum's father?
(a) She says she might try it, but only if she had to.
(b) She says she'd never go to someone spooky like that.
(c) She says she wouldn't go unless a priest came with her.
(d) She says it would be the first place she'd go.

8. Why does Seth say Bynum is singing?
(a) because he's nuts
(b) to distract him
(c) to annoy him
(d) to be obnoxious

9. What does Zonia suggest the ghost might have been?
(a) an animal
(b) a demon
(c) an angel
(d) a hallucination

10. What does Reuben say the ghost was wearing?
(a) an old torn shirt
(b) a white dress
(c) overalls
(d) Sunday good clothes

11. What does Seth warn Jeremy, now that Jeremy has no job?
(a) Jeremy will have to sell his guitar.
(b) Jeremy will have to get his job back, at less money.
(c) Jeremy will be out a place to live by Saturday.
(d) Jeremy will get arrested for vagrancy.

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

13. Who does Loomis say he's finding his wife for?
(a) himself
(b) Zonia
(c) Joe Turner
(d) God

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

15. What does Zonia's father say can happen if you miss someone too much?
(a) It can kill you.
(b) You can stop remembering the person right.
(c) You can stop seeing the world.
(d) You can lose hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bynum say the song he starts singing comes from?

2. What does Bynum say Joe Turner wanted from Loomis?

3. Why does Molly say she slept soundly?

4. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, what does Seth want to do about Loomis?

5. Who does Bertha blame for Jeremy's behavior?

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