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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sizwe finally hands his passbook to Buntu, what does he say at that moment?
(a) What's in the book doesn't make him a man, but that it goes with you everywhere anyway.
(b) That this book makes him less of a man.
(c) That Sizwe is not Sizwe, but Jacob.
(d) That this book is his life, as ridiculous as that may seem.

2. What does Buntu reluctantly do after Sizwe suggests that they let whoever's there know what's happened?
(a) He asks the man his name.
(b) He gets the man's passbook.
(c) He walks back to the bar.
(d) He asks someone to call the police.

3. What did Buntu say the preacher compare death to in his speech?
(a) A measure of a man's life.
(b) A natural occurence.
(c) A contract with God.
(d) A final goodbye.

4. What does Buntu proceed to to after explaining about the dead man's book to Sizwe?
(a) Take the dead man's clothes.
(b) Walk away.
(c) Takes the dead man's book.
(d) Takes the dead man's money.

5. When Buntu finally fetches the book, what does he first tell Sizwe?
(a) The dead man's visa status.
(b) The dead man's name.
(c) The dead man's age.
(d) The dead man's home town.

6. What does the significance of the dead man's name suggest?
(a) That Zola will re-enter the plot.
(b) That Sizwe has stolen the dead man's identity.
(c) That Buntu will find the man's friends.
(d) That Sizwe will find the man's friends.

7. What was Buntu's suggestion about what he had found in the alleyway?
(a) To stay there until people arrived.
(b) To celebrate.
(c) To pray that this wouldn't happen to them.
(d) To leave the area immediately.

8. What is significant about the dead man's name?
(a) It was the name of a friend of Buntu's father.
(b) It is the same name Sizwe gave Style when he first came into the photograph studio.
(c) It only consists of a first name.
(d) It was the name of a friend of Sizwe's father.

9. According to the preacher, at death, the soul gets to go...?
(a) Aound the block.
(b) Home.
(c) In peace.
(d) Away.

10. What was the second suggestion offered to Buntu regarding the discovery in the alleyway?
(a) Go back to the bar.
(b) Take the passbook,
(c) Move it.
(d) Report it to the police.

11. Why does Sizwe begin to tear off his clothes at the ending of Part 4?
(a) To cool off from the heat of his anger and drunkeness.
(b) To show that he is "just a man".
(c) To start a fight with Buntu.
(d) To cover the dead man.

12. After Sizwe says he doesn't want to die, how does this effect Buntu?
(a) He becomes distant.
(b) He becomes calmer.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He becomes angry.

13. After seeing Sizwe's information, what does Buntu realize?
(a) That Sizwe's age does not match his face.
(b) That Sizwe was lying about his identity.
(c) That Sizwe is not who he proposes to be.
(d) That Sizwe should have been back in his home country the day before.

14. What does Sizwe want to do with what he has discovered in the alleyway?
(a) Hide him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Help him.
(d) Check his wallet.

15. What does Sizwe say in response to Buntu's concern over Sizwe's passbook?
(a) That he wonders about the possibility of being able to get another one.
(b) That it is not important.
(c) That it is important not to tell anyone about it.
(d) That he should forget about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buntu suggest Sizwe do for work back in his home country?

2. After introducing himself, what does Sizwe tell everyone he meets in Part 4 to do?

3. How does Sizwe respond to Buntu when Buntu asks him for his passbook a second time at the end of Part 4?

4. In Part 4, how does Sizwe begin telling the audience about going to a bar with Buntu?

5. What is Sizwe's angry question to Buntu when Buntu decides to leave the dead man alone?

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