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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. After Mr. Harari is gone and Sophie runs out the door, she returns quickly just before what event begins?
(a) A siege.
(b) A storm.
(c) A grenade storm.
(d) A tornado.

2. What object is Fortune holding in his hand as he talks to Mama from outside her place?
(a) A glass.
(b) A bat.
(c) A pot.
(d) A bayonet.

3. When Christian presents "two" women "for the price of one" (9) and Mama argues that she cannot support two, what else does he throw into the deal?
(a) A ream of paper.
(b) A can of petrol.
(c) 5 cartons of Nigerian cigarettes.
(d) 2 cartons of Ugandan cigarettes.

4. How old was Mama when a white man came with a deed and seized her family's land?
(a) 4.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time of day does Scene 6 of Act One begin?

3. Who is shooting pool when Scene 2 of Act One opens?

4. Salima leaned down to speak to what type of bird just before she found soldiers looming over her?

5. In Scene 6 of Act Two, Mr. Harari advises Mama to flee and to travel in which direction?

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