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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Mama to go to Kinshasa with him to run a business together?
(a) Mr. Harari.
(b) Simon.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Christian.

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

3. What action does Mama take immediately after hearing Christian's news in Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Pours a whiskey.
(b) Hugs Christian.
(c) Calls the police.
(d) Goes to take a nap.

4. Who purchased the book being read aloud in Scene 5 of Act One?
(a) Salima.
(b) Christian.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Mama.

5. Mama tells Sophie that she knows she is in pain because Mama is eliciting what type of sensory input?
(a) A smell.
(b) A feeling.
(c) A sight.
(d) A sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Mama deny Christian, causing him to become angry and snap at Sophie?

2. What term does Salima use to classify her own identity when talking to Sophie?

3. Josephine tells Sophie in Scene 5 of Act One that men want what kind of a woman?

4. What type of item "sits conspicuously in the corner of the room" (5) when the play first opens in a bar?

5. Which character is the only one singing when Scene 2 of Act One opens?

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