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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what affair did the preacher speak, according to Buntu?
(a) At a wedding.
(b) At a baptism.
(c) At a church liturgy.
(d) At a funeral.

2. How does Sizwe respond to Buntu when Buntu asks him for his passbook a second time at the end of Part 4?
(a) He laughs and hands it over.
(b) He acts as though he has lost it.
(c) He begins to run away from Buntu.
(d) He refuses to give it over.

3. What was the first suggestion by Sizwe to Buntu regarding his discovery in the alleyway?
(a) Hide the discovery.
(b) Report the crime.
(c) Check for a wallet.
(d) Turn the other direction.

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

5. What is Sizwe's angry question to Buntu when Buntu decides to leave the dead man alone?
(a) Is Buntu strong enough to carry his own karma?
(b) Does Buntu care about family?
(c) Would Buntu enjoy dying himself?
(d) Is this what Buntu would do if HE was dead?

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

7. After Buntu's shoots down Sizwe's first two suggestions about the alleyway discovery, what is the next thing Sizwe continue to recommend doing?
(a) Find the man's passbook.
(b) Get out of there.
(c) Find out where the woman is staying.
(d) Report the crime to the police.

8. What might Buntu's story about Jacob be meant to offer Sizwe?
(a) Fear that death is not the end of suffering.
(b) Fear not to question the system in place.
(c) Hope that the peace of death will sustain him through the tough times in life.
(d) Hope that he will not become another Jacob in the near future.

9. What does Buntu say he has discovered in the alleyway outside of the bar?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A bag of cash.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A small child.

10. In Part 4, how does Sizwe begin telling the audience about going to a bar with Buntu?
(a) Through narrating his experience to Buntu the next day.
(b) By shouting angrily about his memories of the bar.
(c) By narrating the dream he had that night.
(d) By narrating his letter to Noweto.

11. After explaining to Siswe his thoughts on death, what happens to Buntu's mood?
(a) It gradually becomes angry.
(b) It slowly becomes darker.
(c) It changes to exhilarated.
(d) It snaps from dark to lighter.

12. What does Sizwe first tell Buntu at the beginning of Part 3?
(a) That he will be arrested soon.
(b) That Buntu is at risk for going to jail.
(c) That Zola is dangerous.
(d) That he was arrested in a raid.

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

14. According to Buntu, what would make him dig his own grave?
(a) Learning his family had been killed.
(b) Losing meaning of life.
(c) Continuing to talk in the way he had just been.
(d) Living alone.

15. When Buntu comes out of the bar to join Sizwe in Part 4, what does he suggest?
(a) That they should find prostitutes.
(b) That he wants to have one more drink before leaving.
(c) That they should go back into the bar.
(d) That it's time to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing Sizwe's information, what does Buntu realize?

2. What does the significance of the dead man's name suggest?

3. What happened to Jacob the other day, according to Buntu in Part 3?

4. At the end of Part 4, what does Buntu collect after Sizwe drunkenly stumbles off?

5. By what name does Sizwe introduce himself to the people outside of the bar?

(see the answer keys)

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