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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leaves to look for David in Act II?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Brother Boxer.
(c) Sister Boxer.
(d) Odessa.

2. Who's the last character to speak in Act II?
(a) Luke.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Odessa.

3. According to Brother Boxer in Act II, where has David been spending time?
(a) At school.
(b) In church.
(c) On the street.
(d) In bars.

4. Who cries in Act II?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Luke.
(d) David.

5. How much was the offering for the pastor's trip to Philadelphia?
(a) $45.93
(b) $39.04
(c) $36.62
(d) $41.87.

6. Who says, "I'm bearing witness to the truth" in Act II.
(a) Sister Moore.
(b) Sister Boxer.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Odessa.

7. Three women are in the kitchen when Act II begins. Who else is in the scene?
(a) David.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Luke.
(d) Brother Boxer.

8. What sound interrupts the argument in the church during Act II?
(a) Jazz music in the street.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Music from Margaret's house.
(d) Shouting from Margarets house.

9. What character brings up the costs of operating a church during Act II?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Sister Douglass.

10. Where was David seen talking to a white horn player?
(a) 51st Street.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) 125th Street.

11. In Act II, Margaret is asked how she returned home from Philadelphia. Her answer was what?
(a) Received a ride from someone.
(b) Flew in an airplane.
(c) Rode the train.
(d) Rode the bus.

12. Who enters the church during the last line of a song in Act II?
(a) Ida Jackson.
(b) David.
(c) Luke.
(d) Margaret.

13. In Act II, when does David say that he stopped believing?
(a) When some men approached him about playing music.
(b) When he turned 18.
(c) When he started lying to his mother.
(d) When he started going to music school.

14. In Act II, Luke accuses Margaret of treating David like he's how many years old?
(a) Five years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Two years old.
(d) Eight years old.

15. What did Odessa do to buy the household item in question?
(a) Cooked for people.
(b) Secretarial work.
(c) Took care of other peoples' children.
(d) Scrubbed white folks' floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't David know much about his father's musical career?

2. Luke thinks Margaret is treating David like he's how old in Act II?

3. Who mentions David leaving home?

4. Who says in Act II, "The way that box is going, you wouldn't of hear the Holy Ghost come in"?

5. When Brother Boxer says, "But he got trumpets or some kind of horn in his blood," who is he referring to?

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