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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the special occasion in Act 1?
(a) A relative visiting from far away.
(b) The return of Horace from the hospital.
(c) Zan's birthday.
(d) A special guest discussing business.

2. Who takes Mr. Marshall back to his train?
(a) Oscar and Ben.
(b) Leo and Alexandra.
(c) Ben and Horace.
(d) Ben and Leo.

3. In Act 1, who is anxious to move?
(a) Leo.
(b) Zan.
(c) Regina.
(d) Birdie.

4. What does Birdie say she wants to do with her money?
(a) Restore an old plantation.
(b) Buy a pecan farm.
(c) Ride horses in Savannah.
(d) Travel and hunt.

5. What surprises and pleases Mr. Marshall about the family's hometown?
(a) It's population is booming.
(b) It still practices slave labor so wages will be cheaper there.
(c) It's proximity to the ocean.
(d) They live in the the same town and raised their families there.

6. What reason is given to Alexandra for going to get her father?
(a) For a short vacation.
(b) He must return home to get back to work.
(c) Someone needs to pay the bills at home.
(d) Returning home is for his own good.

7. In which city is Alexandra's father?
(a) Ann Arbor.
(b) Portland.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Savannah.

8. Who particularly likes the idea of the unlikely marriage?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Ben.
(c) Regina.
(d) Birdie.

9. Why does the family want the business in their hometown?
(a) It's more efficient, and thus more profitable.
(b) To improve travel for business and industry.
(c) To create the first mall.
(d) It opens new opportunities for the community.

10. Who instructs Alexandra to go pick up her father?
(a) Addie.
(b) Reggie.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Cal.

11. As the family discusses their dreams, who is being conspicuously quiet?
(a) Ben.
(b) Regina.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Leo.

12. Who does the slapping in Act 1?
(a) Cal.
(b) Leo.
(c) Ben.
(d) Oscar.

13. Who cooked the special dinner in Act 1?
(a) Regina.
(b) Cal.
(c) Addie.
(d) Birdie.

14. Who does Birdie want to run an errand for her?
(a) Cal.
(b) One of the farm hands.
(c) Addie.
(d) One of the kitchen boys.

15. Who thinks Horace is holding out for more than a third of the deal?
(a) Birdie.
(b) Regina.
(c) Leo.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is disgusted by the idea of the unlikely marriage?

2. Who halts Birdie's errand request?

3. What does Mr. Marshall say about life in the geographic region he is visiting?

4. What does Ben say he wants to do with his money?

5. What played a role in the fall of the Lionnet?

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