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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recommended an alternative way to catch the cockroaches to Styles?
(a) A friend.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) A customer.

2. What other piece of contact information does Zwelinzima give to Styles?
(a) His mother's phone number.
(b) His mother's addres.
(c) His phone number.
(d) His address.

3. What does Styles shout out for Zwelinzima to imagine he's posing against while getting his picture taken?
(a) "...the city of the future."
(b) "...the mountaintops of peace."
(c) "...sky of opportunity."
(d) "...the rivers of knowledge."

4. What did Styles say he had to go through to attain ownership of a building and a business?
(a) Hell.
(b) Bureacracy.
(c) Too much pain.
(d) Insanity.

5. What does Styles tell the man who is picking up his family photos to do?
(a) Tells him to move on with his life.
(b) Tells him to pick up his laundry down the street.
(c) He encourages the man to go back to his family.
(d) Tells him not to waste his life.

6. Why did the workers have to increase their output after the owner's speech?
(a) To make up for the lost time during the speech.
(b) The owner personally requested it.
(c) They were being punished.
(d) They volunteered to.

7. What is the name of Zwelinzima's wife in Part 2?
(a) Notomo.
(b) Neema.
(c) Noweto.
(d) Neemi.

8. For whom did Styles say he one day realized that he was working and making money?
(a) Mr. Ford.
(b) Mr. Jones.
(c) A devil.
(d) Someone else.

9. What family member does Styles reminisce about at the end of Part 1?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His baby sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

10. How long did Styles say the owner of the car manufacturing plant stay at the plant?
(a) One week.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Two days.

11. What character is Buntu played by?
(a) A white child.
(b) A black child.
(c) A woman.
(d) The same character as Styles.

12. Zwelinzima explains that he was introduced to another friend through his house owner, named...
(a) Guntu.
(b) Maloo.
(c) Ballou.
(d) Buntu.

13. How did the owner of Styles' car manufacturing company first arrive at the organization for his speech?
(a) By private jet.
(b) In a Nissan car.
(c) By limousine.
(d) By helicopter.

14. In what country is this story set?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) China.
(d) Nigeria.

15. Which American President does Styles refer to as having an effect on South Africa?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Wilson Woodrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zwelinzima begin to act as Style interacts with him?

2. When Styles gives the pictures back to the family member, what does the family member begin to do?

3. What interrupts Styles' story to the audience at the end of Part 1?

4. What animal did Styles get to catch cockroaches?

5. What did Buntu allow Zwelinzima to do?

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