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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 term is used to describe Fortune and Simon as they enter Mama's place in Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Gravediggers.
(c) Pimps.
(d) Doctors.

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

3. For what length of time was Salima held captive in the bush while tied to a tree by her foot?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

5. Salima leaned down to speak to what type of bird just before she found soldiers looming over her?
(a) A peacock.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A robin.
(d) A dove.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which element is NOT a part of Salima's story to Sophie about the day of her abduction?

2. Sophie points outs in Scene 2 of Act Two that Fortune has been outside for how many nights?

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

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

5. Josephine angrily insists in Scene 5 of Act One that her father had been what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Beatrice?

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

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

4. How does Sophie respond to Mama's demand to hear her plans for the stolen money?

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

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

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

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

9. In what way is the motif of sound equated with life in the play entitled Ruined?

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

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