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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?
(a) because he binds people
(b) because he buys nothing
(c) because he does magic by numbers
(d) because he is from Bynum

2. What chore does Bertha ask Seth to help her with?
(a) cooking breakfast
(b) clearing the leaves
(c) hauling out the trash
(d) turning a mattress

3. Why did Martha leave the rooming house?
(a) She married a man.
(b) They moved the church.
(c) She went to be with her mother.
(d) She found cheaper lodgings.

4. What did Selig's great grandfather do?
(a) bring blacks to America on ships
(b) married black lovers in his church
(c) tracked down criminals who ran away
(d) make clocks that kept perfect time

5. What type of business does Seth want to start?
(a) making pots and pans
(b) building houses
(c) shoeing horses
(d) farming vegetables

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?

2. What does Seth suggest Herald Loomis might do?

3. Where was Molly planning on going, if she hadn't missed the train?

4. How much time has passed between the end of Act 1, Scene 2 and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What floor does Seth say he's got a room available on?

(see the answer key)

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