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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the last person Seth said "wasn't right" do?
(a) ran away with a circus
(b) jumped off a bridge
(c) got arrested for stealing
(d) kidnapped a child

2. What is Bertha doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) sleeping
(b) cooking breakfast
(c) sweeping the floor
(d) sewing a dress

3. How much does Seth figure out Selig owes him for six pots, subtracting what Seth owes Selig?
(a) thirty-five cents
(b) ten dollars and seventy-five cents
(c) four dollars and eighty cents
(d) one dollar and twenty-two cents

4. What did Mattie's man say was on her?
(a) a curse prayer
(b) an aura of death
(c) the devil's breath
(d) a dark cloud

5. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) one day
(b) a year
(c) three months
(d) one week

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jeremy want Selig to find?

2. Why does Selig say it's hard to find black people?

3. How many more dustpans does Selig want?

4. Why is it odd that Loomis is wearing his coat?

5. Who does Bertha suggest Martha first came to the town to see?

(see the answer key)

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