Sojourner Truth

by Joanna Evans

MAMA (Shaken): I don’t want to hear of this any longer. Besides, what kind of name is Sojourner Truth?

REBECCA: Her real name is Isabella Baumfree. She gave herself the name “Sojourner Truth” after she was freed from slavery. Then she began to travel the countryside to help other slaves to freedom. She’s letting us northerners know that the wrongs that happened in the South happened here, too, right under our very noses. She knows that all people should have the right to be free and the power to vote, and that includes women, black or white.

MAMA (Softening): Rebecca, you are beginning to scare me.

Sojourner Truth, by Joanna L. Evans © This play is reprinted from Plays, The Drama Magazine for Young People with the permission of the publisher Plays/Sterling Partners Inc. 897 Washington Street #600160, Newton, MA 02460

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What purpose does Rebecca’s monologue serve for the plot?

Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

The monologue shows the audience that Rebecca and her mom will come to an agreement soon.
The monologue shows the audience that Rebecca and her mom will come to an agreement soon.

Rebecca’s monologue relieves tension between mother and daughter.
Rebecca’s monologue relieves tension between mother and daughter.

Mama’s preceding line and her reaction to Rebecca’s monologue help show the audience the divide between mother and daughter.
Mama’s preceding line and her reaction to Rebecca’s monologue help show the audience the divide between mother and daughter.

The monologue reveals how both Rebecca and Mama really feel about Sojourner Truth.
The monologue reveals how both Rebecca and Mama really feel about Sojourner Truth.

The monologue shows how determined Rebecca is to join the movement by showing that she knows a lot about Truth and the suffrage movement.
The monologue shows how determined Rebecca is to join the movement by showing that she knows a lot about Truth and the suffrage movement.
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