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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 2-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sophie tells Salima in Scene 3 of Act One that whenever she sings, she is praying for what?
(a) For the pain to go away.
(b) A heavenly voice.
(c) For her parents to be alive.
(d) For her siblings to be alive.

3. Salima tells Sophie in Scene 3 of Act One that she had denied the previous night's soldier which of his desires?
(a) To sing a song.
(b) To recite a poem.
(c) To be held after sex.
(d) To have her leave with him.

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

5. What is the first name of the leader Kisembe, who "holds court" (19) at the beginning of Scene 2 in Act One?
(a) John.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Christian.
(d) Jerome.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what type of gesture does Christian greet Sophie in Scene 4 of Act One?

2. What item does Mama deny Christian, causing him to become angry and snap at Sophie?

3. What special talent does Sophie have?

4. How does Christian finally explain his relationship to Sophie?

5. Christian tells Sophie near the end of Scene 1 in Act Two that she is lucky, since many people of what type "would've left [her] for dead" (18)?

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