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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the parrot that belonged to the now-deceased Old Papa Batunga?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Gray.
(d) Green.

2. Osembenga and his men travel in which direction in hopes of catching Kisembe and his men in Scene 5?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

3. What phrase does Sophie repeat several times in Scene 4 of Act Two?
(a) Please not again.
(b) Fare thee well.
(c) I am dead.
(d) We are gone.

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

5. Christian reports that the dead man had been dead for how long before his body was found?
(a) A day.
(b) A month.
(c) A fortnight.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama tells Sophie that she knows she is in pain because Mama is eliciting what type of sensory input?

2. What significant question does Mama ask Christian after Josephine takes Sophie and Salima out back to get washed up?

3. What type of substance does Mama give to Sophie in order to "help the pain down below" (17)?

4. When Mama calls upon Josephine to attend to Kisembe, how does Josephine respond?

5. When Christian enters the bar in Scene 6, he is said to be covered in what substance?

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