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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Sam slyly inform the Colonel about Bert?
(a) He has seen Bert using the front door.
(b) Bert has not yet arrived home.
(c) Bert is moving back north.
(d) Bert already took Sallie's luggage out the front door.

6. How has Bert experienced more equal treatment in the big cities?
(a) He has traveled on business out of town.
(b) He has vacationed out of town.
(c) He has run away out of town.
(d) He has gone to school out of town.

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

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

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

10. Why does he try to do this, regarding his position?
(a) He made a mistake.
(b) He tries to ignore his behavior.
(c) He is still a black man, even though he is Norwood's son.
(d) He is half-white and Norwood's son.

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

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

13. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?
(a) Bert and the Colonel were never close.
(b) Bert had been the Colonel's favorite.
(c) Bert and the Colonel despised each other.
(d) Bert and the Colonel were best friends.

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

15. What happens from the accident on, between the Colonel and Bert?
(a) Sadness grows on both sides.
(b) Both of their personalities change.
(c) Love grows on both sides.
(d) Resentment grows on both sides.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sam?

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

4. What does Cora tell Bert the Colonel wants to do to him?

5. What do Cora and William discuss, regarding Bert?

(see the answer keys)

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