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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moustique say he will give the Peasants in exchange?
(a) Water.
(b) The power of healing.
(c) Eternal life.
(d) The ability to see the future.

2. Why does Makak fall to his knees in the Prologue?
(a) He is looking for something on the ground.
(b) He wants to pray.
(c) He is begging for forgiveness.
(d) He has lost strength in his legs.

3. Who brings water to the person pretending to be Makak?
(a) Basil.
(b) A woman.
(c) Tigre.
(d) The Figure.

4. Why don't the Corporal or the other characters see the woman along the road?
(a) She is a ghost.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) They have vision problems.
(d) She is camouflaged.

5. Where does Makak tell the Corporal he wants to go when he is being interrogated?
(a) Africa.
(b) The sea.
(c) Home.
(d) The forest.

6. What bites Moustique as he reaches under a bench?
(a) A rabid dog.
(b) A spider.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A snake.

7. Who is sitting inside the cages onstage?
(a) Makak and Moustique.
(b) Makak and the Corporal.
(c) The Corporal and the Inspector.
(d) Tigre and Souris.

8. Why does Moustique say he and Makak are outcasts?
(a) They are physically handicapped.
(b) They have no family.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They are black.

9. What does Moustique do to the thing that bites him?
(a) He shoots it.
(b) He kills it.
(c) He wraps it up in a towel.
(d) He pets it.

10. What do the Figure and dancer move toward across the stage?
(a) Houses.
(b) The forest.
(c) A fire.
(d) Cages.

11. What does the Corporal toss at Tigre and Souris to wear as judges' robes?
(a) Scarves.
(b) Towels.
(c) Bedsheets.
(d) Banana leaves.

12. Who comes to find Makak when he is sitting on the ground?
(a) The Corporal.
(b) Souris.
(c) Moustique.
(d) Tigre.

13. What happens after Makak is told he can continue with his story?
(a) A spirit runs across the stage.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The scene changes.
(d) Makak faints.

14. What does the person pretending to be Makak do with the water?
(a) Drinks it.
(b) Sprinkles the crowd.
(c) Pours it on his head.
(d) Nothing.

15. Why does Moustique become angry with Makak?
(a) Because he does not have the same power as Makak.
(b) Because the sick man does not respond to Makak's prayers.
(c) Because Makak takes his food.
(d) Because Makak will not answer his questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Basil's hat?

2. Who runs onstage at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Moustique says he might be worried if Basil was a what?

4. What does Makak pray for after he falls to the ground?

5. As the Corporal interrogates Makak, who begins to sing?

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