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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the title of the play likely come from?
(a) the 23rd Psalm.
(b) the agricultural countryside of Louisiana.
(c) the shepherds that visited baby Jesus.
(d) the land of milk and honey.

2. Who are the characters participating in the heavenly fish fry?
(a) black angels of all sizes and sexes.
(b) Adam, Moses, and Seth.
(c) God, Gabriel, and the Archangel.
(d) preacher Deshee's congregation.

3. What is Adam happy about as God approaches him?
(a) he likes his line of work.
(b) he is thrilled to be a fisherman.
(c) he likes having nothing to do.
(d) he enjoys picking cotton.

4. How does preacher Deshee begin his lesson?
(a) with the first five books of the Bible.
(b) with the book of Job.
(c) with a reading from the New Testament.
(d) with a prayer and a spiritual hymn.

5. What are Adam and Eve supposed to do?
(a) tend the garden.
(b) plant trees.
(c) build a hut.
(d) cut flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does preacher Deshee call Cain?

2. How are the children described?

3. Back in the Sunday School class, what does a girl tell preacher Deshee that Adam and Eve did?

4. What does preacher Deshee say about God?

5. After being warned not to eat fruit of one tree, what happens?

(see the answer key)

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