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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. On what does little Billy begin playing?
(a) The floor.
(b) A washboard.
(c) The furniture.
(d) A fiddle.

2. When making his point about his "colored folks," who is Norwood's one exception?
(a) Billy.
(b) Cora.
(c) Bert.
(d) William.

3. Who will be coming for Bert?
(a) Satan.
(b) The National Guard.
(c) The police.
(d) The white men.

4. What point does Norwood try to make, regarding his "colored folks?"
(a) He does not like his "colored folks."
(b) He never had any trouble with any of the "colored folks."
(c) He is not the father of any of his "colored folks."
(d) He does not want any of his "colored folks" around.

5. How is Bert also riling up the white townspeople?
(a) By sounding more educated than the white men.
(b) That he is rich.
(c) By driving recklessly and acting as "good as a white [man]."
(d) By telling them that black people are better than white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are these men doing as they visit?

2. What does Bert refuse to do when he hears the Colonel coming?

3. What are the consequences for Bert's accident?

4. What is Bert holding?

5. What connection do they make?

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