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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reuben say Zonia looks like?
(a) a bird
(b) a dog
(c) a horse
(d) a spider

2. Where did Reuben see the dead person?
(a) through Seth's window
(b) in the sky
(c) by the church
(d) by the pigeon coop

3. What dead person does Reuben say he saw?
(a) Seth's mother
(b) Seth's grandfather
(c) Bertha's father
(d) Bertha's grandmother

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

5. What does Loomis say when Mattie asks what he'll do if he can't find his wife?
(a) Loomis says that he can't not find her.
(b) Loomis says that if he doesn't find her, he'll live for his daughter.
(c) Loomis says that if he doesn't find her, he'll die.
(d) Loomis says that if he doesn't find her, he doesn't know what will happen.

6. What does Martha say she's been doing since Herald picked up Zonia at her mother's?
(a) looking for Herald and Zonia
(b) looking for God
(c) living with another man
(d) trying to be happy alone

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

8. Who is the only person Molly says she loves?
(a) her priest
(b) her grandma
(c) her mother
(d) herself

9. Who does he say made up the song?
(a) a bartender
(b) women
(c) men
(d) children

10. Why does Seth say Bynum is singing?
(a) because he's nuts
(b) to be obnoxious
(c) to distract him
(d) to annoy him

11. How long was Loomis kept by Joe Turner?
(a) three years
(b) thirteen years
(c) seven years
(d) ten years

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

13. Who did Reuben see out in the yard the previous night?
(a) Seth
(b) Loomis
(c) Mattie
(d) Bynum

14. What does Jeremy ask Molly to do?
(a) keep it a secret that he was fired
(b) get him a job
(c) give him some money
(d) run away with him

15. What does Bertha recommend to Loomis?
(a) a school for Zonia
(b) a man who might be able to find his wife
(c) a farm she knows is hiring
(d) another boardinghouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion does Molly give Jeremy about his job?

2. What is Molly's attitude toward men?

3. What does Bynum say he used to do?

4. What does Mattie say, when Loomis asks her to come be with him?

5. How long has Bertha been with Seth?

(see the answer keys)

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