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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sallie want to become?
(a) A maid.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A business woman.

2. What does Bert try to do regarding his position?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Deny it.
(c) Lessen it.
(d) Justify it.

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

4. With what does the Colonel start to follow Bert?
(a) A bat.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A letter.

5. Whose son is young Billy?
(a) William.
(b) Norwood.
(c) Sallie.
(d) Cora.

6. What is the real outrage about Bert's behavior?
(a) He did not pay for the damages.
(b) He had not asked permission of the Colonel.
(c) He did not apologize.
(d) He dared to argue with a white woman.

7. Why does Sam ask if it would be acceptable to take Sallie's luggage out the front door to the car?
(a) The back steps are difficult to maneuver.
(b) Sallie is the Colonel's daughter.
(c) The back door is being painted.
(d) The front door is closer to the car.

8. What does Sallie try to do for Bert?
(a) Get him a hotel room.
(b) Get him to move back north.
(c) Plead his case.
(d) Help him move.

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

10. On what subject do Bert, Cora and William stay?
(a) William's son.
(b) Bert's schooling.
(c) Sallie's leaving.
(d) Bert's perceived arrogance.

11. Who is the first-born son of Cora and the Colonel?
(a) William.
(b) Sam.
(c) Bert.
(d) Billy.

12. When and where does the play begin?
(a) On a fall morning in 1830s Georgia.
(b) On a spring afternoon in 1930 Virginia.
(c) On a fall afternoon in 1930s Georgia.
(d) On a spring morning in 1830s Virginia.

13. How does Bert react to their explanation?
(a) He agrees to move north.
(b) He resents them for their concerns.
(c) He understands their concerns.
(d) He dismisses their concerns.

14. What do Cora and William try to explain to Bert?
(a) Billie is too young to live with Bert.
(b) Sallie has to leave to go to school.
(c) His behavior may end tragically for him and the rest of his family.
(d) That Bert must go back north for school.

15. What do Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?
(a) He knows his place.
(b) He cannot find his place.
(c) He has no place.
(d) He will never know his place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has this guest come?

2. How has Bert experienced more equal treatment in the big cities?

3. What does Cora tell Bert about where he lives?

4. Why does he try to do this, regarding his position?

5. He knows he is neither black nor white, and he looks just like who?

(see the answer keys)

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