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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Horace during the dinner with the special guest?
(a) In his room being stubborn.
(b) In the hospital for a heart condition.
(c) Stuck on a train, trying to get home in time for dinner.
(d) Working late.

2. Why does the family need to travel out of state?
(a) To get better health services for Horace.
(b) To look for more businesses to buy.
(c) For adventure.
(d) To finish the deal with Mr. Marshall.

3. What is the cash value of the items in the safe deposit box?
(a) $88,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) 66,000.

4. What was the Lionnet?
(a) A fabric mill.
(b) A retail location.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A railroad line.

5. Why does Horace believe the family's business decision is wrong?
(a) They know nothing about industrialization.
(b) They know nothing about management.
(c) They will make money off the labor of men who will not be paid a fair wage.
(d) They know nothing about cotton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Regina wonder aloud in front of her guests might have contributed to Horace's poor health?

3. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?

4. How does the family intend to honor their employee-related promises to Mr. Marshall?

5. What was the special occasion in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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