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

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

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

4. How much time has passed between Scene 1 and Scene 2 of Act One, according to the stage directions?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 season.
(d) 1 month.

5. What name does Mama insist that the young women in her care call her?
(a) Mama.
(b) Mum.
(c) Mama Nedi.
(d) Missus.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what object does Mama wipe Sophie's eyes when tears of pain escape from Sophie's eyes?

2. Christian tells Sophie near the end of Scene 1 in Act Two that she is lucky, since many people of what type "would've left [her] for dead" (18)?

3. What kind of leader is Kisembe said to be in Scene 2 of Act One?

4. Mama recalls her mother taking her and her brothers to what location so that she could "visit with uncles" (18)?

5. How old was Mama when a white man came with a deed and seized her family's land?

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