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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Selig's great grandfather do?
(a) tracked down criminals who ran away
(b) bring blacks to America on ships
(c) make clocks that kept perfect time
(d) married black lovers in his church

2. What instrument does Seth play?
(a) a harmonica
(b) a horn
(c) drums
(d) a guitar

3. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?
(a) tell Martha that Loomis is looking for her
(b) send Loomis away from the boarding house
(c) tell Loomis Martha is in another state
(d) get Martha a job in another town

4. What does Bynum give Mattie?
(a) a candle to burn each night until she forgets her sorrow
(b) a cloth packet to put under her pillow for luck
(c) a pouch of herbs to make a tea that will ease pain
(d) a potion to drink to bring love to her

5. What does Bynum say a woman can do?
(a) leave you in tears
(b) make you a child again
(c) make you unable to see the truth
(d) make something out of you

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Molly go after paying Seth for a week's board and lodging?

2. What does Seth say about Martha's last name?

3. Where does Bynum say everyone in the vision is going?

4. Where was Molly planning on going, if she hadn't missed the train?

5. Who is Sally?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Seth's attitude to the black men coming to the city to find work and freedom?

2. What does Bynum say he sees about Loomis?

3. What does Reuben imagine it would be like if Eugene's ghost came back?

4. How did Selig get in the people-finding business?

5. What does Loomis ask about God?

6. Describe what Seth sees out the window at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1. What is Seth's reaction to it?

7. What does Martha say happened to her when Herald was taken away?

8. What is Loomis' reaction to Seth's demand on him?

9. How did Loomis come to be reunited with his daughter but separated from his wife?

10. How does Seth greet Loomis when he comes down the stairs at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

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