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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 feed him
(b) someone to watch over him
(c) someone to keep him in line
(d) someone to make him laugh

2. 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 checking up on Herald Loomis.
(c) He says he was out looking for workers to make pots.
(d) He says he was at the church asking about Martha.

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

4. 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

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

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

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

8. Who taught Seth to make pots and pans?
(a) A man he works with taught him.
(b) His brother taught him.
(c) He taught himself.
(d) His father taught him.

9. What does Loomis want to say to Martha?
(a) that he still loves her
(b) that he wants her back
(c) goodbye
(d) that he hates her

10. Why did Martha move up North?
(a) because she didn't want to see Herald
(b) because her church moved
(c) because she was lonely in the South
(d) because she was afraid of her mother

11. What does Mattie say no man wants?
(a) a woman with a checkered past
(b) a woman with a troubled mind
(c) a woman with a loud voice
(d) a woman with no sense of humor

12. What does Bynum encourage Mattie to do?
(a) leave and find a new place to be
(b) go track down Jeremy
(c) keep the pouch under her pillow for luck
(d) look insider herself to find her own song

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

14. How long ago does Bynum say he learned the song?
(a) four years ago
(b) six months ago
(c) fifteen years ago
(d) ten years ago

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Reuben say Zonia looks like?

3. What has Joe Turner come with?

4. What does Loomis say when Mattie asks what he'll do if he can't find his wife?

5. What does Loomis tell Zonia to do at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

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