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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. Who purchased the book being read aloud in Scene 5 of Act One?
(a) Salima.
(b) Mama.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Christian.

2. The soldier had told Salima that how many Hema men had been shot and buried in their own mine?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

3. What action does Sophie take as she tells Salima that Fortune will not leave until he sees her?
(a) She brews a cup of coffee.
(b) She gets undressed.
(c) She gets dressed.
(d) She makes her bed.

4. 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 pregnant.
(c) She was held captive in the bush and raped repeatedly.
(d) She is ruined.

5. Salima angrily tells Sophie in Scene 2 of Act Two that Fortune had accused her of taking what action against him?
(a) Cuckolding him.
(b) Striking him.
(c) Lying to him.
(d) Dishonoring him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Mr. Harari, the diamond merchant who frequents Mama's place?

2. How many times does Mama repeat the lyric, "The door never closes at Mama's place" (64) at the end of Scene 1 of Act Two?

3. What kind of leader is Kisembe said to be in Scene 2 of Act One?

4. Salima tells Sophie in Scene 3 of Act One that she had denied the previous night's soldier which of his desires?

5. Who notifies Mama in Scene 5 of Act One that someone is coming around the bend?

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