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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Mama take after she retrieves her money from Sophie's person?
(a) She tells her to get out.
(b) She drags her toward the door.
(c) She throws her onto the floor.
(d) She calls the police.

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

3. How does Sophie react to Mama's anger about the stolen money?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is bitter.
(c) She is offended.
(d) She is terrified.

4. The person standing outside the bar at the opening of Scene 1 of Act Two is described as being "like a" what "guarding the gates" (63)?
(a) A gryphon.
(b) A centurion.
(c) A lion.
(d) A dragon.

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

6. Who reads aloud from a romance novel in Scene 5 of Act One?
(a) Mama.
(b) Salima.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Josephine.

7. How does Mama comfort Salima when Sophie helps her realize that Salima is hurting?
(a) She kisses her.
(b) She shushes her.
(c) She hugs her.
(d) She gives her money.

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

9. Which former employee who worked for the now-deceased man told Christian the identity of the culprits?
(a) A valet.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A housekeeper.
(d) A cook.

10. The song Sophie sings at the beginning of Scene 1 of Act Two states that villages take what action "as soldiers grow bolder" (63)?
(a) Change.
(b) Slide.
(c) Flourish.
(d) Die.

11. Mama tells Salima in Scene 2 of Act Two that her former life is what?
(a) Vapor.
(b) Gone.
(c) A gaping hole.
(d) Acid.

12. What action does Mama take immediately after hearing Christian's news in Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Pours a whiskey.
(b) Goes to take a nap.
(c) Hugs Christian.
(d) Calls the police.

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

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

15. Which element is NOT a part of Salima's story to Sophie about the day of her abduction?
(a) A dove.
(b) Sweet tomatoes.
(c) A peacock.
(d) A clear sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christian reports that the dead man had been dead for how long before his body was found?

2. What was Salima picking in her garden at the time she was abducted by soldiers?

3. Salima leaned down to speak to what type of bird just before she found soldiers looming over her?

4. Salima tells Sophie that Fortune had been in town buying what object on the day of her abduction?

5. How does Salima react to Mama's claim about Salima's former life?

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