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

2. Mama tells Christian in Scene 6 of Act One, "I have" how many "girls to feed and a business to run" (56)?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

3. What was Salima picking in her garden at the time she was abducted by soldiers?
(a) Beans.
(b) Sprouts.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Tomatoes.

4. Mama enters the living quarters in Scene 5 and orders which character to sweep the yard?
(a) Mr. Harari.
(b) Salima.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Josephine.

5. 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Sophie react to Mama's anger about the stolen money?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Nottage utilizes the motif of animals in order to underscore the brutality of war.

2. What is ironic about Nottage's description of Fortune as being "like a centurion guarding the gates" (63)?

3. Describe Salima's living conditions during the five months she was held in captivity by soldiers.

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

5. In what way is the motif of escape depicted within Scene 1 of Act Two?

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

7. Who is Fortune?

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

9. What is the setting of Scene 5 of Act One?

10. What does the pot symbolize within the play?

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