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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Act One: Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of item "sits conspicuously in the corner of the room" (5) when the play first opens in a bar?
(a) A playpen.
(b) A chair.
(c) A birdcage.
(d) A hospital bed.

2. When Sophie meets Mama's eyes and reveals her age, what is it?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

3. What special talent does Sophie have?
(a) Reading fortunes.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Writing poetry.

4. 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) 2 cartons of Ugandan cigarettes.
(b) 5 cartons of Nigerian cigarettes.
(c) A can of petrol.
(d) A ream of paper.

5. Christian explains in Scene 1 of Act One that along the main road, there are boys with Kalashnikovs "and pockets that need filling" (5) posted every how many kilometers?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade of life is Mama Nadi, the madam who runs the brothel at the center of the play?

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

3. What is NOT a staple Mama mentions when she asks Christian how she is supposed to do business without four key items?

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

5. What language does the parrot featured in the play speak?

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