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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 this guest relate to the Colonel?
(a) What news there is to find around town.
(b) Sallie is not headed to the airport.
(c) Bert's latest offense.
(d) The truth of what happened to Bert today.

2. Of what was Cora afraid?
(a) William might be late.
(b) Bert might be late.
(c) Sallie might be late.
(d) The Colonel might be late.

3. Why does Sallie come in?
(a) To visit with her father.
(b) To say good-bye.
(c) To see her mother.
(d) To say hello.

4. According to Norwood, what do all the "colored folk" know?
(a) How to love him.
(b) Their place.
(c) How to work in the fields.
(d) Nothing.

5. For what does Sallie want to thank Norwood?
(a) Her spending money.
(b) For letting her stay in his home.
(c) For allowing her to go to school to be a teacher.
(d) His kind treatment of her and the other "colored children."

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Bert do when he speaks?

2. Why has this guest come?

3. What do Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

4. How does Bert feel about this entire situation?

5. How does Bert react to her suggestion?

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