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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bynum compare a woman to, that's "all a man needs to live on"?
(a) meat and milk
(b) water and berries
(c) bread and wine
(d) biscuits and gravy

2. Who does Jeremy compare Bertha's cooking to?
(a) his own
(b) his aunt's
(c) his mother's
(d) Mattie's

3. What does Molly come to Seth's house looking for?
(a) her husband
(b) a job
(c) a room
(d) her child

4. How long does Seth say Bynum has been at the rooming house?
(a) two months
(b) ten years
(c) three years
(d) a year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do lenders want from Seth?

2. What does Seth say about Martha's last name?

3. What does Bertha suggest Seth do?

4. In Bynum's metaphor, what is Mattie?

5. What spiritual entity is mentioned in the Juba, as noted in the play's stage direction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Bynum's first reaction to finding his song?

2. What reason does Mattie give Loomis for hoping Loomis finds his wife?

3. Explain the metaphor that Bynum tells to Jeremy to teach him about relationships.

4. What does Reuben say the ghost he saw was like in real life?

5. When Seth and Bertha leave Mattie and Loomis alone, what does Mattie ask Loomis about?

6. What does Molly say about her father?

7. What is Seth's attitude to the black men coming to the city to find work and freedom?

8. What does Bertha advise Mattie about Bynum?

9. How does Loomis act when he first enters in Act 2, Scene 2?

10. What does Bynum say about to Mattie luck?

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