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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character pushes a drunken miner out the door at the beginning of Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Salima.
(d) Mama.

2. Salima is hesitant to talk to Fortune in part because he is not aware of what information?
(a) She has filed for a divorce.
(b) She is ruined.
(c) She was held captive in the bush and raped repeatedly.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

4. When Christian enters the bar in Scene 6, he is said to be covered in what substance?
(a) Grass.
(b) Bees.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Hay.

5. Mama enters the living quarters in Scene 5 and tells which character to go fetch water?
(a) Christian.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Salima.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object is Fortune holding in his hand as he talks to Mama from outside her place?

3. What color is the parrot that belonged to the now-deceased Old Papa Batunga?

4. Salina says that Fortune, still outside, has always been what?

5. What name does Mama insist that the young women in her care call her?

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