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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 does Loomis say is happening as Bynum tells him that everyone in the vision is standing up?
(a) Loomis says the fog is closing in on him.
(b) Loomis says the water is receding and the world is drying out.
(c) Loomis says the ground is shaking and the world is rending.
(d) Loomis says the sky is turning black and the ground is liquidifying.

2. Where did Jeremy win his dollar?
(a) in a guitar contest at Seefus
(b) at work for being the fastest worker
(c) in a poker game in town
(d) in a bingo game at the church

3. What does Bynum compare a woman to, that's "all a man needs to live on"?
(a) biscuits and gravy
(b) meat and milk
(c) water and berries
(d) bread and wine

4. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?
(a) She went to be with her mother.
(b) She found cheaper lodgings.
(c) They moved the church.
(d) She married a man.

5. What did Mattie's man say was on her?
(a) a dark cloud
(b) an aura of death
(c) a curse prayer
(d) the devil's breath

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?

2. Where does Herald Loomis hang around?

3. What does Loomis start to do to demonstrate how big he is?

4. What does Bertha call Zonia?

5. Why does Loomis say he can't stand up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bertha's attitude toward Herald Loomis.

2. What warning does Bynum give Mattie Campbell?

3. When Bynum presses Loomis, saying "then...what happened," what does Loomis tell about his vision?

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

5. What does Bertha says Bynum has been doing all morning at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

6. What does Bynum describe his father doing that made a fuss?

7. What problem does Seth foresee for Jeremy, and what does Seth suggest as a solution?

8. What does Bynum says "shows what a woman is"?

9. What things does Bynum say a woman taught Jeremy?

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

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