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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do white folks call Nicodemus?

2. What does Wil bring when he arrives to dinner?

3. How does Fannie show Frank a warm welcome?

4. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?

5. Why are Minnie and Frank visiting the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Minnie thinking while Frank beats her up in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What happy sign of true love is apparent in the last scene?

3. When Minnie first wakes up in Act 1, Scene 4, Miss Leah remarks that Minnie is looking more like herself this morning. What does she mean by this?

4. Frank consistently hits Minnie but what boundary does he overstep when Minnie tells him she will not sell her land?

5. What is Sophie's reaction when Minnie hands over the deed and what does that say about Sophie?

6. What vision does Sophie have for Nicodemus?

7. Miss Leah describes city people as hiding behind something. How does this symbolize Frank?

8. What is Frank's attitude in regard to Nicodemus? Why?

9. What does Miss Leah continue to do with Minnie's daughter that she is most famous for?

10. Act I, Scene V ends with Minnie's news about her pregnancy. How does this complicate her life even further?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Leah convinces the household to murder Frank with an apple pie rather than shoot him outright. Explain how this is preferable and why it might not work today.

Essay Topic 2

Choose either Nicodemus, Memphis, New Orleans, or London. Compare and contrast what the civil liberties as it were in the 1890s to today's civil liberties. Is there progress? How much? What did it take to create such progress?

Essay Topic 3

If Frank feels the need to change Minnie, why does he "love" her and marry her?

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