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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. Of what does Cora stop and remind the Colonel?
(a) Bert is a man.
(b) Bert is their son.
(c) Bert is strong.
(d) The Colonel could go to jail.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tale does Bert tell Cora and William?

3. What will the Colonel not tolerate from a "darkie," especially his own child?

4. What does Robert do as the act ends?

5. After Higgins and Norwood leave, who enters again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bert no longer the Colonel's favorite?

2. What does Cora say in response to Bert?

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

4. How does Bert respond this time? What is Cora's advice to him?

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

6. About what does this guest chide the Colonel? About what does he warn the Colonel?

7. How does the argument become violent?

8. When does the play begin? Who are the first two characters introduced? Describe them.

9. What does Cora tell Bert, when he says he will no longer work in the fields?

10. How does Cora react when she comes down the stairs? How does Bert seem?

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