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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do lenders want from Seth?
(a) They want him to guarantee returns in writing.
(b) They want him to sign over his house.
(c) They want him to sign over 50% of the business.
(d) They want him to pay 10% interest.

2. Why does Seth say jokingly that he married Bertha?
(a) her good cooking
(b) her sound advice
(c) her dresses
(d) her money

3. What do Seth and Bertha say about Loomis after he interrupts the Juba?
(a) that he should go to his room
(b) that he's irresponsible
(c) that he's crazy
(d) that he has to leave

4. What does Bynum caution Jeremy that he's doing to Mattie, asking her to move in so soon?
(a) making a promise he can't keep
(b) demeaning her
(c) ignoring her
(d) spoiling her

5. What does Bynum compare Jeremy to?
(a) a child running away from home
(b) a ship on the sea
(c) an ant crawling across a table
(d) an apple on a tree

6. What does Jeremy use instead of his guitar, as a makeshift instrument?
(a) He bangs on a pot.
(b) He drums on the table.
(c) He plays glasses.
(d) He plays a washboard.

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

8. How long does Seth say it would take him to teach Bynum to make a pot?
(a) two hours
(b) two days
(c) two weeks
(d) two months

9. What fine did Jeremy have to pay?
(a) thirty dollars
(b) fifty cents
(c) two dollars
(d) no fine

10. Why does Selig say it's hard to find black people?
(a) They move around too often.
(b) They lie about their names.
(c) They get killed too often.
(d) They look different from day to day.

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

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

13. Why doesn't Seth want to tell Loomis where Martha is?
(a) He wants Loomis to give him money first.
(b) He wants to keep Martha away from her daughter.
(c) He's afraid Loomis wants to harm her.
(d) He doesn't know for sure which Martha he's looking for.

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

15. Why does Zonia say she and her father have to find her mother?
(a) They need to bring her mother news.
(b) Her mother ran away and left them.
(c) They need to give her mother an inheritance.
(d) Her mother is in trouble with the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mattie's man say was on her?

2. Who does Jeremy want Selig to find?

3. What does Bynum give Mattie?

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

5. In what strange way does Loomis start to speak?

(see the answer keys)

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