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

2. What day does Mama mention when she refers to Old Papa Batunga's passing?
(a) Last Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Last Thursday.
(d) The Monday before last.

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

4. What term does Salima use to classify her own identity when talking to Sophie?
(a) Kasai.
(b) Hema.
(c) Congolese.
(d) Ituri.

5. With what object does Mama wipe Sophie's eyes when tears of pain escape from Sophie's eyes?
(a) A tissue.
(b) A towel.
(c) Her handkerchief.
(d) Her skirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Scene 1 in Act One, what gesture is said to be contained within Christian's posture as he exits the room?

2. Christian complains that unlike men like Mr. Harari, everyone else has "to pretend that all this" what "means nothing" (75)?

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

4. For how many months had Salima been asking Fortune to buy her the item he finally bought on the day of her abduction?

5. When Mama argues against taking in Sophie, she tells Christian that she already feeds how many young women "while half the country starves" (13)?

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