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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margaret plan for David to do with his life?
(a) Become a teacher.
(b) Become a pastor.
(c) Become anything but a musician.
(d) Become a doctor.

2. Who says, "he dying in his sins" during Act II?
(a) Sister Boxer.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Brother Boxer.

3. What is on the record album that David is playing?
(a) David playing piano.
(b) Luke playing trombone.
(c) Luke playing trumpet.
(d) Dizzy Gillespie.

4. When Margaret returns from her trip in Act II, where does she go first?
(a) The church.
(b) To get a drink from the refrigerator.
(c) To check on Luke.
(d) Looking for David.

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

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

7. What scares David about being a musician?
(a) That he won't have family.
(b) That he won't be good enough.
(c) That he'll end up like his father.
(d) That he'll never make money.

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

9. Who is the "funny, fast-talking, fiery" person mentioned in Act II?
(a) David as a child.
(b) The old Margaret.
(c) The new Margaret.
(d) David as an adult.

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

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

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

13. What instrument did Luke make a living playing?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Piano.

14. In Act II, we learn that it cost how much to get a specific window painted?
(a) $41.
(b) $62.
(c) $53.
(d) $56.

15. When Margaret was delivering their baby, where was Luke?
(a) In a nightclub.
(b) In jail.
(c) On the road.
(d) Drunk and at her bedside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Odessa encourages Margaret to return to the church towards the end of Act II for what reason?

2. Who is the first to begin singing in Act II?

3. In Act II, what does Luke call the baby the he and his wife lost?

4. What is the first thing that Margaret says in Act II?

5. In Act II, how much did Brother Boxer say that it cost him to go to Philadelphia?

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