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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the brilliant idea that is derived after learning the contents of the safe deposit box?
(a) To steal the bonds outright.
(b) To stage a fire at the bank and say the bonds were consumed.
(c) To borrow the bonds, then pay them back.
(d) To take half the bonds and fill the rest of the envelopes with blank papers.

2. Who does Regina learn will be going to finalize the business deal?
(a) Ben.
(b) Leo.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Mr. Marshall.

3. What does Alexandra overhear her mother tell her father in Act 2?
(a) She hopes he dies soon.
(b) She's in love with Mr. Marshall.
(c) She's going to kill him.
(d) Zan is not his daughter.

4. How does Regina greet her husband in Act 2?
(a) With a hug.
(b) With a handshake.
(c) With no emotion at all.
(d) With a warm kiss.

5. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?
(a) Addie.
(b) Regina.
(c) Horace.
(d) Zan.

6. How much time passes between the end of Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2?
(a) One day.
(b) One month.
(c) One night.
(d) One week.

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

8. Who attempts to stop the argument in Act 2?
(a) Ben.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Zan.
(d) Addie.

9. Despite the fact that Horace is tired, who pushes him to talk about the pending business deal?
(a) Addie.
(b) Regina.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Ben.

10. In Act 2, when do Regina's true feelings come out?
(a) When she realizes she's not going to travel.
(b) When she sees that Horace is tired and ailing.
(c) When Horace tells her no and when her brothers cut her from the deal.
(d) When Zan begs her not to fight any more.

11. How is it explained to Ben that the family came up with Horace's share of the money?
(a) Zan is going to give them her trust fund.
(b) They'll each have to kick in a little more money.
(c) They'll borrow it from a friend of Leo's.
(d) They'll borrow it from Mr. Marshall, then pay him back.

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

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

14. Who is with Regina as she has breakfast at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Addie and Cal.
(b) Horace and Zan.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her brothers and nephew.

15. Who follows Horace to argue when he leaves the room after telling the family he will not invest in their business?
(a) Addie.
(b) Birdie.
(c) Zan.
(d) Regina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horace drink to prepare for his visit with the family?

2. What musical instrument is -- at least in part -- in the safe deposit box?

3. Who is concerned about Horace's health in Act 2?

4. What does Regina wonder aloud in front of her guests might have contributed to Horace's poor health?

5. Horace learns that the family promised Mr. Marshall what kind of wages for the facility they plan to build?

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