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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 2-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The soldier had told Salima that how many Hema men had been shot and buried in their own mine?
(a) 15.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

3. Which character is the only one singing when Scene 2 of Act One opens?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Salima.
(c) Mama.
(d) Sophie.

4. About which character does Commander Osembenga ask Mama questions?
(a) Kisembe.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Salima.

5. Mama recalls her mother taking her and her brothers to what location so that she could "visit with uncles" (18)?
(a) Kisangani.
(b) Kinshasa.
(c) A swamp.
(d) The zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Beatrice?

2. With what type of gesture does Christian greet Sophie in Scene 4 of Act One?

3. What element of Sophie's attitude surprises Mama upon their first meeting?

4. Salima tells Sophie in Scene 3 of Act One that she had denied the previous night's soldier which of his desires?

5. Christian tells Mama in Scene 4 of Act One that Yaka-Yaka has changed drastically. What is Yaka-Yaka?

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