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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bert refuse to do when he hears the Colonel coming?
(a) Stand his ground.
(b) Talk to the Colonel.
(c) Go to his room.
(d) Run away out the back door.

3. What will the Colonel not tolerate from a "darkie," especially his own child?
(a) Such laziness.
(b) Such insolence.
(c) Such industriousness.
(d) Such happiness.

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

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

6. Who does Cora first blame for the comment Billy makes, then realizes blame lies with Bert?
(a) Sam.
(b) Norwood.
(c) William.
(d) Sallie.

7. What are these men doing as they visit?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Drinking.

8. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?
(a) Norwood enters.
(b) Bert enters.
(c) Sallie enters.
(d) Billy enters.

9. After Higgins and Norwood leave, who enters again?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Bert.
(c) Cora.
(d) William.

10. 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) The back door is being painted.
(c) Sallie is the Colonel's daughter.
(d) The front door is closer to the car.

11. What are the consequences for Bert's accident?
(a) The Colonel had to send a search party to find him.
(b) The Colonel beat him mercilessly.
(c) The Colonel sent him to his room.
(d) The Colonel did not allow him to have dinner.

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

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

14. What is Bert telling everyone?
(a) His mother is not Cora.
(b) He is not black.
(c) He is not Norwood's son.
(d) His last name is Norwood.

15. What does Cora tell Bert about where he lives?
(a) He should move back up north.
(b) He needs to help out at home.
(c) He needs to understand that he is no longer living up North.
(d) He is Norwood's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has this guest come?

2. What is the real outrage about Bert's behavior?

3. What does Cora tell Bert he needs to do, regarding his behavior?

4. What does Bert believe he should not have to do?

5. What has Robert done without permission?

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