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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When does Buntu say is the only time a soul can be completely free?
(a) After being forgiving.
(b) After forgiving itself.
(c) In death.
(d) After fulfilling karma.

7. How does Buntu answer to Sizwe's angry question regarding the dead man?
(a) He doesn't answer.
(b) He laughs at Sizwe's naivete.
(c) He shouts that Sizwe is a real character.
(d) He yells that Sizwe is stupid.

8. 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.

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

10. What happens to Sizwe when he tries to get home from the bar with Buntu?
(a) He starts speaking a different language.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He gets held up by a thief.
(d) He meets a homeless person.

11. At the end of Part 4, what does Buntu collect after Sizwe drunkenly stumbles off?
(a) Sizwe's passbook.
(b) Sizwe's clothes.
(c) The dead body of the man.
(d) The money of the dead man.

12. Who does Buntu say was a good man but who faced nothing but trouble?
(a) Jason.
(b) Jafar.
(c) Jacob.
(d) John.

13. What does Buntu remind Sizwe about the possibility of getting a new passbook?
(a) The low chances of being able to actually renew it.
(b) The ease of getting it with the right amount of money.
(c) The bureaucracy involved in it.
(d) The dangers of reporting it.

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

15. Who starts leading the way to go home when Sizwe and Buntu leave the bar on their first night out?
(a) A passerby.
(b) Buntu.
(c) A bartender who just got off his shift.
(d) Sizwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Sizwe gives Buntu for not wanting to die yet?

2. What does Sizwe show Buntu at the beginning of Part 3?

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

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

5. What does Buntu proceed to to after explaining about the dead man's book to Sizwe?

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