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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sisters' ritual celebrate?
(a) Their womanhood.
(b) The fact that they are property owners.
(c) Their freedom.
(d) Independence of men.

2. Why are Minnie and Frank visiting the U.S.?
(a) To handle Frank's father's will.
(b) To handle Minnie's share of property.
(c) Solely to visit Sophie and Fannie.
(d) To visit Miss Leah before she passes on.

3. According to Miss Leah, Kansas's winter teaches you what?
(a) Your determination to keep free.
(b) Your strength.
(c) Your tenacity to survive.
(d) There's nothing to hide behind between you and your soul.

4. Who does Frank stop to talk to before he greets Minnie's sisters?
(a) The ticket collector.
(b) Some white men from the train.
(c) Wil Parrish.
(d) The station manager.

5. Why does Miss Leah begin to have children so early?
(a) She is raped by the slave owner.
(b) This allows her to not work on the plantation.
(c) It is the only form of love she knows.
(d) Her slave owner makes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where among the sisters does Minnie fit?

2. Where did Sophie and Fannie come from before arriving in Nicodemus, Kansas?

3. According to Sophie, a homesteader needs _________ to survive.

4. What does Sophie think about Wil's feelings toward Fannie?

5. What does Frank think of Minnie's hair after Miss Leah fixes it up?

(see the answer key)

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