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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the young man respond when Jack turns to him and asks what winning is going to do for him directly?
(a) It will give him self-respect.
(b) He cannot answer.
(c) It will make white people respect him.
(d) It will give him something to be happy about.

2. About what is the performer's song?
(a) A "coon" wishing he was white.
(b) He wishes he were a "coon."
(c) What it takes to be a "coon."
(d) Whether Jack is a "coon."

3. What does a group of rangers arrive and announce?
(a) The fight has been cancelled.
(b) All weapons are to be confiscated.
(c) No more seats are available in the arena.
(d) No blacks are allowed in.

4. How much prison time does Cameron tell Jack he could face?
(a) Five to ten years.
(b) Six months to one year.
(c) Ten to fifteen years.
(d) One to three years.

5. How does the boxer fight that makes him seem like he does not fight "like a man?"
(a) He smiled all during the match, taunted his opponent, and made "smart ass remarks to the crowd."
(b) He cried the entire match and begged for it to be over.
(c) He glared at the other boxer, he would not stop when the referee told him to, and he swung harder than he needed to.
(d) He made cheap shots and cursed at the other boxer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the marchers and black people begin to do?

2. How does Jack handle the intensity of this protest?

3. How do the white people in the audience respond?

4. How does Jack greet Brady?

5. Who have been listening to the confrontation?

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