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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bynum's reaction when Seth suggests a Juba?
(a) He says he needs some rest.
(b) He says he'll watch the others.
(c) He says they Juba too much.
(d) He says he's always ready to Juba.

2. What was Jeremy arrested for?
(a) stealing a cactus
(b) being drunk
(c) robbing a store
(d) brandishing a knife

3. What does Bynum say a woman can do?
(a) make you unable to see the truth
(b) make something out of you
(c) make you a child again
(d) leave you in tears

4. Where does Molly go after paying Seth for a week's board and lodging?
(a) to the church
(b) out to the twon
(c) to her room
(d) to the outhouse

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

6. In what strange way does Loomis start to speak?
(a) in Swahili
(b) in tongues
(c) in French
(d) backwards

7. What spiritual entity is mentioned in the Juba, as noted in the play's stage direction?
(a) the God of Nature
(b) the Holy Ghost
(c) the Heavenly Father
(d) Jesus

8. What does Seth think of Bynum's story of a shiny man?
(a) He thinks it's nonsense.
(b) He thinks it's a story Bynum heard elsewhere.
(c) He thinks it's important to find out if it's true.
(d) He thinks it's a hallucination.

9. Who is missing from the dinner table, at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Mattie
(b) Jeremy
(c) Loomis
(d) Seth

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

11. What aspect of Mattie's looks does Jeremy comment on favorably?
(a) her hips
(b) her hair
(c) her legs
(d) her eyes

12. Where was Molly planning on going, if she hadn't missed the train?
(a) New York
(b) Chicago
(c) Minneapolis
(d) Cincinnati

13. Who leads the Juba, as the caller?
(a) Seth
(b) Bynum
(c) Jeremy
(d) Bertha

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

15. Where does Seth chase Reuben and Zonia away from?
(a) the vegetable garden
(b) the kitchen
(c) the front porch
(d) the church

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jeremy and Molly compliment Bertha on?

2. Has Seth been successful finding funding for his business?

3. What does Molly come to Seth's house looking for?

4. What does Reuben sell to Bynum?

5. How much time passes between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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