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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boesman say the dead man is?
(a) Diseased.
(b) Cancerous.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Good luck.

2. What did Lena find when she went into the dark to find shelter materials?
(a) A few pieces of wood.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A few bottles.
(d) A piece of iron.

3. Who says, "You must make the words crawl to him, with your tongue between their back legs"?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Outa.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Lena.

4. What does Lena take off the dead man and throw at Boesman?
(a) His clothes.
(b) Her blanket.
(c) His bottles.
(d) His wallet.

5. Which male character in the play is referred to as "colored"?
(a) Athol.
(b) Outa.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Lena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boesman do with his bread?

2. What does Lena beg Boesman to do in Act 2?

3. Who says, "There was something else in that fire. Us! Our sad stories, our smells, our world! And it burnt"?

4. What does "Babalas" mean?

5. For what does Boesman say Lena almost broke her neck from looking behind her so much?

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