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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Bert also riling up the white townspeople?
(a) By driving recklessly and acting as "good as a white [man]."
(b) By telling them that black people are better than white people.
(c) By sounding more educated than the white men.
(d) That he is rich.

5. How does Bert feel about his actions?
(a) Sad.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Proud.
(d) Embarrassed.

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

7. What tale does Bert tell Cora and William?
(a) The same tale of the radio tubes that Higgins told the Colonel earlier.
(b) A different tale from what Higgins had told the Colonel.
(c) The same tale of the radio tubes that Higgins told the Colonel, and he is very sorry.
(d) A similar tale to what Higgins had told the Colonel.

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

9. What is Sallie careful not to acknowledge?
(a) That she does not want to be a teacher.
(b) The children's true parentage.
(c) How much money the schooling will cost.
(d) The Colonel's kindness.

10. Who arrives as Sallie departs?
(a) Norwood's friend Henry Higgins.
(b) Norwood's servant Sam.
(c) Norwood's friend Fred Higgins.
(d) Norwood's cousin George Talbot.

11. 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 and the Colonel despised each other.
(c) Bert had been the Colonel's favorite.
(d) Bert and the Colonel were best friends.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what does little Billy begin playing?

3. Why does Sallie come in?

4. For what does Sallie want to thank Norwood?

5. What else do the two men discuss?

(see the answer keys)

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