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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Cora and William discuss, regarding Bert?
(a) How he should move back north.
(b) How he looks like his father.
(c) His headstrong ways.
(d) How smart he is.

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

3. Of what does Bert then inform Cora?
(a) He is going to go back to work in the fields.
(b) He wants to stay and help her.
(c) He wants to be an overseer.
(d) He is no longer going to work in the fields.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are these men doing as they visit?

2. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

3. Who is Colonel Thomas Norwood?

4. For what does Sallie want to thank Norwood?

5. What does Bert try to do regarding his position?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bert try to justify his position?

2. What happens as Talbot enters?

3. How does Bert respond to what Cora tells him?

4. What is Sam doing at the beginning of the scene?

5. What does William try to do one more time? What is Cora's response?

6. What does Cora tell him to do?

7. How does this guest send the Colonel over the edge, regarding Bert?

8. What does Cora say to Bert, as they enter?

9. How does Sallie leave? Who arrives as Sallie leaves? Who is this person, and why has he come?

10. What sparks an argument between Bert and Norwood?

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