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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Norwood come in and order Bert to do?
(a) Move out.
(b) Sit down.
(c) Go to his room.
(d) Leave out the back door.

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

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

4. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?
(a) Get lost in the fields.
(b) Hug Norwood in front of his rich white friends.
(c) Tell Norwood he does not like him in front of his rich white friends.
(d) Refer to Norwood as "papa" in front of the Colonel's rich white friends.

5. What has Robert done without permission?
(a) Left home.
(b) Taken the car into town.
(c) Stayed out late.
(d) Taken a new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

2. Who is the first-born son of Cora and the Colonel?

3. For what does the guest chide the Colonel?

4. What is Sallie careful not to acknowledge?

5. What comment does little Billy make?

(see the answer key)

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