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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herald Loomis say his profession is?
(a) deacon
(b) furrier
(c) bookkeeper
(d) blacksmith

2. What instrument does Seth play?
(a) a harmonica
(b) drums
(c) a horn
(d) a guitar

3. What does Seth suggest Herald Loomis might do?
(a) rob a bank
(b) burn down a farm
(c) rob the church
(d) steal bread and chickens

4. How does Seth realize who Herald Loomis' wife is?
(a) Loomis shows him a necklace that's the same as his wife's.
(b) He remembers the woman mentioning her husband's name.
(c) Loomis shows him a picture.
(d) She looks just like Loomis' daughter.

5. How does Jeremy say Mattie treats him?
(a) real bad and real good
(b) like he wants to be treated
(c) like a child
(d) like she's afraid he's going to leave

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bynum compare a woman to, that's "all a man needs to live on"?

2. What does Seth say was Martha's job, when Bynum first came to the rooming house?

3. Who does Jeremy want Selig to find?

4. What aspect of Mattie's looks does Jeremy comment on favorably?

5. What is Bertha doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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