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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other family plan will Horace not endorse?
(a) Insurance benefits for employees.
(b) Industrialization of the south.
(c) Building a new plantation.
(d) A marriage between Leo and Zan.

2. Who does Horace suspect will be in charge of the local employees of the potential business?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Regina.
(c) Ben.
(d) Leo.

3. What basic principle is behind Horace's decision not to give Regina money for the business deal?
(a) Success.
(b) Failure.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Greed.

4. Armed with the knowledge of the safe deposit box, who gets a brilliant idea?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Ben.
(c) Regina.
(d) Leo.

5. Why does Horace believe the family's business decision is wrong?
(a) They know nothing about management.
(b) They know nothing about cotton.
(c) They will make money off the labor of men who will not be paid a fair wage.
(d) They know nothing about industrialization.

6. Why does the family need to travel out of state?
(a) To get better health services for Horace.
(b) For adventure.
(c) To look for more businesses to buy.
(d) To finish the deal with Mr. Marshall.

7. What else about the prospective facility does the family promise Mr. Marshall regarding employees?
(a) No strikes.
(b) Much of the work will be computerized.
(c) No benefits.
(d) A skilled labor force.

8. Why does Horace return from his rest to the family visit in Act 2?
(a) To enjoy the dispute between his wife and her brothers.
(b) To talk with Zan.
(c) To let them know he changed his mind.
(d) Because he left the remote control in that room.

9. What is the family waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Horace to arrive.
(b) A check to clear.
(c) Money to arrive by Wells Fargo.
(d) Mr. Marshall to arrive.

10. Who rummaged through someone else's safe deposit box?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Leo.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Ben.

11. In determining how much time they have to pay back Horace's share of the money, what assumption does the family make?
(a) That they can get the bonds cashed.
(b) That they will be able to afford the interest rate.
(c) That Horace has already seen his safe deposit box before arriving home.
(d) That the interest rate won't increase.

12. In what city will the business deal be finalized?
(a) Portland.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Memphis.

13. Why does Horace tell the family he is not interested?
(a) Because he and Regina have enough money.
(b) Because he thinks they're all crazy.
(c) He doesn't want to do business with a bunch of liars.
(d) Because he's divorcing Regina.

14. Why do Horace and Alexandra choose to stay overnight in another town, delaying their arrival back home?
(a) Horace likes blues music.
(b) It's been while since Horace and Alexandra had any time to themselves.
(c) Horace was not feeling well.
(d) Horace wanted to see the sights.

15. How much time will the family have to pay back Horace's share of the money?
(a) About 11 months.
(b) About a week.
(c) About five months.
(d) About a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attempts to stop the argument in Act 2?

2. Who tells Ben that the family has come up with Horace's share of money?

3. Why does Horace leave the room after telling the family he will not invest in their business?

4. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?

5. What is Regina's maiden name?

(see the answer keys)

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