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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Buntu sees the address of the dead man, what does he do?
(a) He refuses to go to that part of town.
(b) He explains how rich that part of town is.
(c) He encourages Sizwe to sell the book.
(d) He warns Sizwe to leave this book alone.

2. 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 start a fight with Buntu.
(c) To cover the dead man.
(d) To show that he is "just a man".

3. 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.

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

5. What does Sizwe show Buntu at the beginning of Part 3?
(a) His driver's license.
(b) His bruises.
(c) His torn clothes.
(d) His passbook.

6. 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) Report the crime to the police.
(c) Get out of there.
(d) Find out where the woman is staying.

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

8. What does SIzwe drunkenly wish to Buntu when Buntu decides to leave the dead man's body behind? .
(a) That Buntu could have a heart.
(b) That Buntu could go home to his family.
(c) That Buntu would forgive himself.
(d) That Buntu was dead.

9. Where does Sizwe say the raid took place?
(a) On Sizwe's old home.
(b) On Zola's home.
(c) At Buntu's old village.
(d) At the old dance hall.

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

11. At the end of Part 3, what does Buntu offer Sizwe to do?
(a) Go out for a drink.
(b) Run away to Zambia with him.
(c) Go on a road trip together.
(d) Take the long way to his house.

12. After introducing himself, what does Sizwe tell everyone he meets in Part 4 to do?
(a) Boycott the bar.
(b) Thank their mothers.
(c) Go into the bar.
(d) Go back to their homeland.

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

14. What kind of trouble did Buntu also run in to although he was born in the area?
(a) Getting his birth certificate.
(b) Making enough money to feed his family.
(c) Getting his work permit.
(d) Earning respect from the community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buntu tell Sizwe to do instead of continuing to live in the country they are in illegally?

2. What is significant about the dead man's name?

3. What system of segregation exists during the time of this play?

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

5. What was Buntu's suggestion about what he had found in the alleyway?

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