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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fannie show Frank a warm welcome?
(a) She smiles warmly at him.
(b) She gives him a bear hug.
(c) She kisses his cheek.
(d) She shakes his hand for a long time.

2. How did Frank's father meet his mother?
(a) They worked on the same plantation.
(b) Frank's mother kept house for Frank's grandfather.
(c) His father owned Frank's mother.
(d) In the town grocery.

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

4. What does Sophie think about Wil's feelings toward Fannie?
(a) It doesn't bother her as long as no one is hurt.
(b) She is upset by it.
(c) She supports it.
(d) She does not understand it.

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

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

7. How does Wil show he is a good man?
(a) He helps whomever whenever he can.
(b) He is the only one to help Miss Leah walk without a cane.
(c) He carries a shotgun and watches over the women's safety.
(d) He stands up to Frank when he says disrespectful things to the women.

8. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?
(a) She is a mestizo.
(b) She is a mulatto.
(c) She came from a well-respected and educated family.
(d) She was part of the Underground Railroad.

9. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?
(a) Flowers for Miss Leah.
(b) Flowers for Sophie.
(c) Flowers for Minnie.
(d) Flowers for Fannie.

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

11. Where does Fannie's sister Minnie currently live?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Mexico.

12. What do white folks call Nicodemus?
(a) "Blackwater."
(b) "Niggerdemus."
(c) "Worthless."
(d) "Black death."

13. How old is Miss Leah when she has her first child?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

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

15. What does Sophie carry with her on her way back from grocery shopping in town?
(a) An axe.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A chicken.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon her entrance, it is apparent Minnie is __________.

2. What is Fannie working on with Miss Leah and others in Nicodemus?

3. Who is interested in the Bakers' land?

4. How does Sophie show her appreciation to Wil for fixing her fence?

5. Where among the sisters does Minnie fit?

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