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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the family lacking in order to complete their business transaction?
(a) Collateral for the loan.
(b) Business insurance.
(c) Regina's portion of the money.
(d) Horace's signature.

2. Who announces to the family that the dinner guests are about to enter the parlor?
(a) Cal.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Ben.
(d) Leo.

3. Where is Horace during the dinner with the special guest?
(a) In the hospital for a heart condition.
(b) In his room being stubborn.
(c) Working late.
(d) Stuck on a train, trying to get home in time for dinner.

4. Who are the heirs to the family's wealth?
(a) Addie and Cal.
(b) Ben and Oscar.
(c) Regina and Birdie.
(d) Alexandra and Leo.

5. As Mr. Marshall says his goodbyes, who commits to coming to his home town for a visit?
(a) Regina.
(b) Ben.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Leo.

6. Who tells Alexandra about the unlikely marriage conversation?
(a) Addie.
(b) Birdie.
(c) Regina.
(d) Ben.

7. 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) They live in the the same town and raised their families there.
(d) It's proximity to the ocean.

8. What does Mr. Marshall say about life in the geographic region he is visiting?
(a) Southerners live better than the rest of the country.
(b) He can't think of anything healthier than salty air.
(c) The dry air of the west is nothing like their hospitality.
(d) Northern wives, with the way they kiss, keep their husbands warm at night.

9. What does Oscar like about Jekyll Island?
(a) It has great shooting.
(b) Getting away from his wife.
(c) The pecans there are huge.
(d) The scenery.

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

11. What does Oscar say he wants to do with his money?
(a) Restore an old plantation.
(b) Ride horses in Savannah.
(c) Travel and hunt.
(d) Buy a pecan farm.

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

13. What is Horace's initial response to his family's communications?
(a) He tells Alexandra to tell them no.
(b) He says "absolutely not."
(c) He refuses to talk with them.
(d) He does not respond.

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

15. Who suggests the unlikely marriage?
(a) Leo.
(b) Ben.
(c) Horace.
(d) Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birdie want retrieved from her house?

2. What term does Mr. Marshall use in referring to the family?

3. Which of Regina's brothers isn't married?

4. Who does the slapping in Act 1?

5. Why does Ben say his family is successful?

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