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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?
(a) She does not care as long as she is with Frank.
(b) She is scared of the novelty.
(c) She is excited about the different culture.
(d) She focuses on her work more than her surroundings.

2. What does Miss Leah share with Minnie about James's feelings toward her children?
(a) James feels awkard as the only mulatto in the family.
(b) James looks at Miss Leah's children as commodity.
(c) James gives them some slack because he likes Miss Leah.
(d) James cannot shower them with enough attention.

3. What does Minnie compare the beginnings of her life with Frank to?
(a) A whole new dimension.
(b) A fairy tale.
(c) Every woman's dream.
(d) A celebrity's life.

4. How does Minnie explain her injury?
(a) She was dancing and fell in the street.
(b) She was cutting wood.
(c) She fell on the train.
(d) She slipped when in New Orleans.

5. Sophie will accept Frank as long as __________.
(a) He accepts prairie life as equal to city life.
(b) He helps expand Nicodemus.
(c) He is truly good to Minnie.
(d) He pays for Minnie's share of property.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sophie arrives, what does she want Wil to do?

2. What hurts Sophie's feelings enough to stop her from advising Minnie?

3. What does Miss Leah ask when she joins Fannie and Wil in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. What does the sisters' ritual celebrate?

5. What does Wil think of bad memories?

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