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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salima tells Sophie in Scene 3 of Act One that she had denied the previous night's soldier which of his desires?
(a) To be held after sex.
(b) To have her leave with him.
(c) To sing a song.
(d) To recite a poem.

2. Mama's policy is that armed men leave what objects behind the bar when they enter?
(a) Knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Bullets.

3. Rebel Soldier 1 offers Mama a great deal of coltan for the right to speak with which character?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Salima.

4. Christian tells Mama in Scene 6 that which character's dead body had recently been found?
(a) The police chief.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) The priest.
(d) The pastor.

5. To which character does Mr. Harari make a promise that he will take her home with him?
(a) Mama.
(b) Salima.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Josephine.

Short Answer Questions

1. The stage directions at the end of Scene 5 indicate that the lights should take what action?

2. Sophie reveals to Mama in Scene 5 of Act One that she had been intending to use the money for what purpose?

3. Sophie tells Mama that she keeps her books in what location?

4. Who asks Mama to go to Kinshasa with him to run a business together?

5. Under what kind of tree was Salima's infant daughter Beatrice stomped to death by a soldier?

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