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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. What language does the parrot featured in the play speak?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Pygmy.
(c) Mandarin.
(d) Latin.

2. What color is the kerchief that Mama wears around her neck in Scene 1 of Act Two?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

3. Which instrument's sound causes Josephine to dance in a "frenzied" manner, releasing "her anger" and "her pain" (64)?
(a) A piano.
(b) A drum.
(c) A cello.
(d) A piccolo.

4. Sophie denies Mama's assertion that being 'ruined' causes one's former identity to do what?
(a) To melt.
(b) To warp.
(c) To die.
(d) To fade.

5. The stage directions that begin Scene 1 of Act One describe the sounds of what type of environment?
(a) A rainforest.
(b) A savannah.
(c) A desert.
(d) A mangrove swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Mama to go to Kinshasa with him to run a business together?

2. The living quarters featured in Scene 3 of Act One are in what location?

3. When Scene 3 of Act Two begins, what kind of weather is occurring outside?

4. The stage directions at the end of Scene 5 indicate that the lights should take what action?

5. Christian reports to Mama that the pastor had been killed in retaliation for aiding whom?

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