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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank do with Minnie before she meets his friends?
(a) Gives her a fashion makeover.
(b) Proposes to her.
(c) Tells her he loves her.
(d) Tells her how to act.

2. What about Frank is Minnie proud of?
(a) His looks and travel experience.
(b) His riches.
(c) His easy nature.
(d) His father's status.

3. What rule does Sophie want to pass in Nicodemus?
(a) That everyone must attend literacy courses.
(b) That no one can sell their land unless there is a town vote.
(c) That everyone has the freedom to privately sell their land whenever and to whomever.
(d) Those who sell their land must tell the rest of the town whom they are selling to.

4. Frank is __________ about being called a colored poet.
(a) Appalled.
(b) Happy.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Proud.

5. When Frank walks aggressively toward Minnie what is Sophie's reaction?
(a) She punches Frank in the face.
(b) She steps in front of Minnie to protect her.
(c) She lunges toward Frank.
(d) She aims a shotgun at him.

6. Where does Frank go to in Act 1, Scene IV?
(a) Out for a walk.
(b) The telegraph office.
(c) The train station.
(d) To the local pub.

7. Wil is raised by whom?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) Freed slaves.
(c) White slaveowners.
(d) Seminole Natives.

8. What is Sophie trying to convince the Negroes of Nicodemus?
(a) Not to sell their land to speculators.
(b) To sell their land to speculators for a certain price.
(c) To learn how to read.
(d) To open up a school.

9. What does Frank call Minnie once they are alone?
(a) A picaninny.
(b) A nigger.
(c) An animal.
(d) A monkey.

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

11. What does Minnie miss about colored people?
(a) The natural comraderie.
(b) Their songs and stories.
(c) The way they look.
(d) Their strength in surviving anything.

12. Why is it difficult for Frank to miss colored people?
(a) He never had that community feeling to miss it.
(b) He is mistreated by blacks wherever he goes.
(c) He never knew many black people.
(d) He regrets treating slaves badly when he was younger.

13. Upon her entrance, it is apparent Minnie is __________.
(a) Fashionable.
(b) In poor condition.
(c) Sad.
(d) Pretentious.

14. How old is Frank when he first travels to Europe?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

15. What does Frank think of Minnie's hair after Miss Leah fixes it up?
(a) He thinks it fits her well.
(b) He likes her old hair better but figures it will still do.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He absolutely adores it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank pass as when in town?

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

3. What does Frank hate about the U.S.?

4. Sophie will accept Frank as long as __________.

5. What does Fannie include in her drawings of Nicodemus?

(see the answer keys)

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