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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. Mama recalls her mother taking her and her brothers to what location so that she could "visit with uncles" (18)?
(a) Kisangani.
(b) Kinshasa.
(c) The zoo.
(d) A swamp.

2. Mama tells Sophie that she knows she is in pain because Mama is eliciting what type of sensory input?
(a) A sound.
(b) A feeling.
(c) A smell.
(d) A sight.

3. What element of Sophie's attitude surprises Mama upon their first meeting?
(a) Anger.
(b) Haughtiness.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Gratitude.

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

5. How old is Christian, the "perpetually cheerful traveling salesman" (5)?
(a) In his early 50s.
(b) In his early 60s.
(c) In his early forties.
(d) In his late 40s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christian tells Mama that Sophie was "taken with" what type of object and then "left for dead" (12)?

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

3. The stage directions that begin Scene 1 of Act One describe the sounds of what type of environment?

4. What does Mama plan to do with the parrot, according to her comment to Christian in Scene 1 of Act One?

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

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