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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does little Billy make?
(a) He knows the Colonel is his grandpa.
(b) He wishes he was white.
(c) He wants to see his Uncle Bert.
(d) He wants to move in with Bert.

2. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?
(a) Refer to Norwood as "papa" in front of the Colonel's rich white friends.
(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) Get lost in the fields.

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

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

5. What does the guest warn the Colonel about Bert, if he does indeed get arrested for his behavior?
(a) It will be costly to bail him out.
(b) There is a good chance the white men might break into the jail and lynch him.
(c) He will be in jail for some time.
(d) His case could go to trial.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. What does Robert do as the act ends?
(a) Runs out the back door.
(b) Hugs the Colonel.
(c) Goes to his room.
(d) Walks proudly out the front door.

12. What else do the two men discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Cora.
(c) Norwood's children.
(d) The weather.

13. 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."

14. What do Cora and Bert begin to do, after he tells her this news?
(a) They hug.
(b) They begin to argue again.
(c) They begin to cry.
(d) They begin to understand one another.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Sally and Bert go when he pulls up outside?

3. Soon after, which son comes in?

4. Of what does Cora stop and remind the Colonel?

5. As the action opens, what are Norwood and Cora discussing?

(see the answer keys)

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