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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie say she's been trying to figure out about Loomis?
(a) how old Loomis is
(b) if Loomis really saw things
(c) what Loomis really feels
(d) why Loomis wants to find his wife

2. What does Loomis say when Mattie asks how he got separated from his wife?
(a) He says he doesn't want to talk about it.
(b) He says it was his own fault for getting himself caught.
(c) He says his wife deserted him at the worst time.
(d) He says Joe Turner split them up.

3. What does Seth apologize to Molly for?
(a) Loomis' behavior
(b) asking for too much money
(c) the late breakfast
(d) getting angry

4. What does Mattie say, when Loomis asks her to come be with him?
(a) that she needs to wait for Jack
(b) that he's married to Martha
(c) that she's had enough of men
(d) that he'd use her up too fast

5. What does Seth chide Bynum for?
(a) taking too long for his turn
(b) cheating
(c) making jokes
(d) falling asleep while playing

6. What does Bertha describe as Jeremy's flaw?
(a) being young
(b) being ignorant
(c) being foolish
(d) being blind

7. What does Seth threaten to kick Loomis out if he does?
(a) be impolite to Bertha
(b) continue acting strangely
(c) cause a disturbance
(d) become noisy

8. Where does Bynum say the song he starts singing comes from?
(a) Memphis
(b) Chicago
(c) New Orleans
(d) Talahassee

9. What does Loomis say he's forgotten?
(a) who to love
(b) how to forget
(c) how to forgive
(d) how to touch

10. What does Martha say Loomis needs?
(a) religion
(b) a song
(c) a woman
(d) forgiveness

11. What does Molly say her mother wouldn't do?
(a) wear clothes worn by another
(b) eat something she didn't make herself
(c) leave a window open
(d) drink anything someone gave her

12. What is Bynum doing when he comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) crying
(b) sneaking
(c) singing
(d) chanting

13. Zonia asks Reuben what something feels like. What does she ask about?
(a) being dead
(b) being kissed
(c) having a home
(d) having a best friend

14. Why did Martha move up North?
(a) because she was afraid of her mother
(b) because she didn't want to see Herald
(c) because her church moved
(d) because she was lonely in the South

15. Who does Loomis say he's finding his wife for?
(a) himself
(b) God
(c) Joe Turner
(d) Zonia

Short Answer Questions

1. What dead person does Reuben say he saw?

2. What does Seth warn Jeremy, now that Jeremy has no job?

3. What does Loomis say when Mattie asks what he'll do if he can't find his wife?

4. How long was Loomis kept by Joe Turner?

5. What does Molly say about her room?

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