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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is standing outside of the bar when Scene 1 of Act Two opens?
(a) Mr. Harari.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Mama.
(d) Fortune.

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

4. Josephine angrily insists in Scene 5 of Act One that her father had been what?
(a) A slave.
(b) A king.
(c) A chief.
(d) A teacher.

5. Sophie points outs in Scene 2 of Act Two that Fortune has been outside for how many nights?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. Which character fetches Mama at Christian's request in Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Mr. Harari.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Salima.

7. Christian reports that the dead man had been dead for how long before his body was found?
(a) A fortnight.
(b) A month.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

8. What does Mama offer to Christian in Scene 6 that he subsequently refuses?
(a) A whiskey.
(b) A beer.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) A Fanta.

9. For whom does Fortune ask when Mama comes to the doorway in Scene 3 of Act Two?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Salima.
(c) Simon.
(d) Josephine.

10. The stage directions at the end of Scene 5 indicate that the lights should take what action?
(a) Twinkle.
(b) Fade.
(c) Resemble moonlight.
(d) Get brighter.

11. 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) Die.
(b) Change.
(c) Flourish.
(d) Slide.

12. What action does Fortune take just before Christian and Mama take up weapons?
(a) He pulls a gun.
(b) He shouts.
(c) He pulls a knife.
(d) He flips a table.

13. At what time of day does Scene 6 of Act One begin?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Evening.
(d) Morning.

14. When Mama comes to the doorway in Scene 3 of Act Two, who is standing outside the door?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Mr. Harari.
(d) Simon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Josephine tells Sophie in Scene 5 of Act One that men want what kind of a woman?

2. For how many months had Salima been asking Fortune to buy her the item he finally bought on the day of her abduction?

3. Mama tells Sophie that taking what action against Josephine would ensure an attitude adjustment?

4. Who leads the exhausted Josephine to the back of the bar after her frenzied dance?

5. Which instrument's sound causes Josephine to dance in a "frenzied" manner, releasing "her anger" and "her pain" (64)?

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