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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "oppas" mean?

2. Who says, "It won't last long, but it's big enough. Not much to see. This is all. This is mine"?

3. What does Lena keep trying to figure out during Act 1?

4. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?

5. What does Boesman do with his bread?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lena feel about Boesman's sudden talkativeness in Act 2?

2. How does Lena convince Boesman to let Outa stay?

3. What does Lena ask to drink from Boesman? What word is this in Afrikaan? In English?

4. Why does Lena talk so much?

5. What is the irony of Boesman's behavior toward Outa?

6. What makes Lena change her mind about leaving with Boesman?

7. Why does Lena want to know where they've traveled?

8. What does Boesman say that the police do when Lena tries to stop him from beating her?

9. What does Boesman seem to enjoy in Lena's behavior? How do we know?

10. What does Boesman tell Lena as they leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the word "identity." What characters search for their identity in Boesman and Lena? How?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different delineations of race and social status under South African apartheid. What classes had the most privilege? How were the individuals regulated?

Essay Topic 3

How did Athol Fugard hope to use theater as a means to change the society in which he lived? Was he successful?

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