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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bert refuse to do when he hears the Colonel coming?
(a) Go to his room.
(b) Stand his ground.
(c) Run away out the back door.
(d) Talk to the Colonel.

2. Where do Sally and Bert go when he pulls up outside?
(a) The bus stop.
(b) The airport.
(c) The train station.
(d) The library.

3. For what does the guest chide the Colonel?
(a) For having a black mistress.
(b) For not marrying Cora.
(c) For keeping a black mistress in his home like a wife.
(d) For not remarrying a white woman.

4. What do Cora and William try to explain to Bert?
(a) Sallie has to leave to go to school.
(b) Billie is too young to live with Bert.
(c) That Bert must go back north for school.
(d) His behavior may end tragically for him and the rest of his family.

5. What is Sallie careful not to acknowledge?
(a) How much money the schooling will cost.
(b) The children's true parentage.
(c) That she does not want to be a teacher.
(d) The Colonel's kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sam?

2. What tale does Bert tell Cora and William?

3. What are these men doing as they visit?

4. What does Robert do as the act ends?

5. After Higgins and Norwood leave, who enters again?

(see the answer key)

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