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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. He knows he is neither black nor white, and he looks just like who?
(a) Cora.
(b) All other white men.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Norwood.

2. Of what does Bert then inform Cora?
(a) He wants to stay and help her.
(b) He wants to be an overseer.
(c) He is no longer going to work in the fields.
(d) He is going to go back to work in the fields.

3. What will the Colonel not tolerate from a "darkie," especially his own child?
(a) Such happiness.
(b) Such laziness.
(c) Such insolence.
(d) Such industriousness.

4. What does this guest relate to the Colonel?
(a) Bert's latest offense.
(b) The truth of what happened to Bert today.
(c) Sallie is not headed to the airport.
(d) What news there is to find around town.

5. What are these men doing as they visit?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Singing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sallie want to become?

2. Of what does Cora stop and remind the Colonel?

3. Why does Sallie come in?

4. As the action opens, what are Norwood and Cora discussing?

5. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?

(see the answer key)

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