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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sarah find at the location she searched for her father?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A gun.
(d) No one was home.

2. Where did Sarah find her father in Part 4?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At his apartment.
(c) At her apartment.
(d) At her mother's house.

3. What did the African-American man do for his mother?
(a) He cooked for her.
(b) He took care of her.
(c) He raised her children.
(d) He cleaned for her.

4. Where did the African-American man's mother end up living?
(a) A penthouse.
(b) A retirement home.
(c) An asylum.
(d) In the suburbs.

5. What does the cross symbolize in the play?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Klu Klux Klan.

6. How did Sarah contribute to her father's death?
(a) By pushing him.
(b) Through negligence.
(c) By hiring a hit man.
(d) Through her self-hate.

7. Which characters are in the scene when Part 4 begins?
(a) The Duchess and Jesus.
(b) The Queen and Jesus.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) The Queen.

8. What is the significance of the ability for the characters to hide their hair loss?
(a) That people can hide flaws.
(b) The lack of permanence in people's lives.
(c) That identity is still in place.
(d) That hair loss is no big deal.

9. What did the African-American man's father say the people that were coming for him were going to do to him?
(a) Arrest him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Nail him to a cross.

10. Who's story is the African-American man telling?
(a) The Queen's.
(b) Sarah's.
(c) Raymond's.
(d) His own.

11. What did the African-American man's mother want him to do with what he learned on his travels?
(a) Teach what he learned to his people.
(b) Become a chef.
(c) Become a writer.
(d) Start a new business.

12. What other name Queen Victoria was Queen Victoria known by?
(a) "Queen V."
(b) "Great White Mother."
(c) "Great Mother."
(d) "Great Black Mother."

13. Where was the African-American man's father when he tried to hurt himself?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) In a kitchen.
(c) In a hotel room.
(d) On the beach.

14. What does the character in Part 4 do when he or she realizes his or her hair fell out?
(a) Cries.
(b) Screams with terror.
(c) Moans.
(d) Laughs.

15. What does the rejection of the African-American man's mother symbolize?
(a) Rejection of society.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Self-hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the African-American man's mother want him to learn on his journey?

2. What was the African-American man supposed to become?

3. How safe was the neighborhood that the African-American man's father tried to harm himself?

4. What condition was Sarah's father in when she saw him in Part 4?

5. How did the African-American man feel about his mother?

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