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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. Where do Sally and Bert go when he pulls up outside?
(a) The library.
(b) The bus stop.
(c) The train station.
(d) The airport.

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

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

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

5. What will the Colonel not tolerate from a "darkie," especially his own child?
(a) Such happiness.
(b) Such insolence.
(c) Such industriousness.
(d) Such laziness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does Cora plead with Bert?

3. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?

4. What does the guest warn the Colonel about Bert, if he does indeed get arrested for his behavior?

5. On what does little Billy begin playing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Bert pass as he leaves?

3. How does Cora compare William to herself?

4. What sparks an argument between Bert and Norwood?

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

6. What does Cora try to do, one more time, regarding Bert?

7. What does Cora do after William leaves?

8. What does Norwood tell Bert, regarding his behavior compared to the others?

9. How does the argument become violent?

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

(see the answer keys)

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