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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 type of item "sits conspicuously in the corner of the room" (5) when the play first opens in a bar?
(a) A playpen.
(b) A chair.
(c) A hospital bed.
(d) A birdcage.

2. Under what kind of tree was Salima's infant daughter Beatrice stomped to death by a soldier?
(a) Mopane.
(b) Baobob.
(c) Frangipani.
(d) Marula.

3. What is NOT an item Mama mentions as one of the three things she provides for the young women in her care?
(a) A bed.
(b) Education.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Food.

4. What term does Salima use to classify her own identity when talking to Sophie?
(a) Congolese.
(b) Kasai.
(c) Ituri.
(d) Hema.

5. 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 have her leave with him.
(c) To be held after sex.
(d) To recite a poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama tells Christian that she has been expecting him for how many weeks?

2. At the end of Scene 1 in Act One, what gesture is said to be contained within Christian's posture as he exits the room?

3. Mama enters and says that she needs how many girls to get up and serve the miners?

4. Salima angrily tells Sophie in Scene 2 of Act Two that Fortune had accused her of taking what action against him?

5. In what decade of life is Mama Nadi, the madam who runs the brothel at the center of the play?

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