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

2. What is NOT an item Mama mentions as one of the three things she provides for the young women in her care?
(a) Education.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) A bed.

3. Sophie tells Salima in Scene 3 of Act One that whenever she sings, she is praying for what?
(a) For her parents to be alive.
(b) For her siblings to be alive.
(c) For the pain to go away.
(d) A heavenly voice.

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

5. What language does the parrot featured in the play speak?
(a) Latin.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Pygmy.
(d) Mandarin.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Scene 4 of Act One begin?

2. What color is the parrot that belonged to the now-deceased Old Papa Batunga?

3. What animal does Mama name in a simile when she describes Christian's annoying tenacity?

4. Rebel Soldier 1 offers Mama a great deal of coltan for the right to speak with which character?

5. What is the first name of the leader Kisembe, who "holds court" (19) at the beginning of Scene 2 in Act One?

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