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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salima is hesitant to talk to Fortune in part because he is not aware of what information?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is ruined.
(c) She has filed for a divorce.
(d) She was held captive in the bush and raped repeatedly.

2. Salima tells Sophie that she had loved Fortune since she was how many years old?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

3. How many soldiers did Salima find standing over her when she finished speaking to a bird?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. For how many months had Salima been asking Fortune to buy her the item he finally bought on the day of her abduction?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Sophie take as she tells Salima that Fortune will not leave until he sees her?

2. How does Mama comfort Salima when Sophie helps her realize that Salima is hurting?

3. Mama asks Salima in Scene 2 of Act Two if she is "strong enough to stomach" what element when she returns to her village?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What proposition does Christian make to Mama in Scene 6 of Act One and how does she respond?

2. What reasons does Salima provide to Sophie when she says she does not know if she can forgive Fortune?

3. In what way is Sophie treated like an outcast, even among the women at Mama's place?

4. What is revealed to be the fate of the missing pastor and who delivers this information?

5. Which character becomes entranced by the sounds of the drums and is consequently comforted by Sophie in Scene 1 of Act Two?

6. Who was Beatrice?

7. What objects does Mama ask Sophie to fetch at the end of Scene 5 in Act Two and why?

8. What was the cause of the pastor's ultimate fate, according to Christian?

9. What does Mama tell Fortune in Scene 3 of Act Two as he stands in the pouring rain outside the bar?

10. What action does Mama take immediately after she hears the news Christian delivers in Scene 6 of Act One?

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