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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam need to tell Cora?
(a) The Colonel wants to see Bert at six o'clock.
(b) To get Bert out of town.
(c) He will help her son escape.
(d) The Colonel wants to see her this evening.

2. Who is Colonel Thomas Norwood?
(a) An overseer who is about 40.
(b) A plantation owner who is about 60.
(c) A school teacher who is about 40.
(d) A wealthy businessman who is about 60.

3. How has Bert experienced more equal treatment in the big cities?
(a) He has gone to school out of town.
(b) He has run away out of town.
(c) He has vacationed out of town.
(d) He has traveled on business out of town.

4. For what does the guest chide the Colonel?
(a) For not remarrying a white woman.
(b) For keeping a black mistress in his home like a wife.
(c) For having a black mistress.
(d) For not marrying Cora.

5. What does Norwood say about the children's father?
(a) They have no father.
(b) He left them.
(c) He has died.
(d) He is their father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norwood come in and order Bert to do?

2. From where does Cora come?

3. Where does Cora say she will see Bert when he leaves?

4. Of what does Cora inform this person?

5. How does Norwood feel he has treated his "darkies?"

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