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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what profession has Sizwe heard of too many men dying?
(a) Messengers.
(b) Taxi driving.
(c) Rickshaw driving.
(d) Mining.

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

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

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

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

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

9. .What does Buntu tell Sizwe to do after they have a fight outside of the bar?
(a) To get lost.
(b) To forget it all.
(c) To come home.
(d) To remember this moment.

10. What system of segregation exists during the time of this play?
(a) Church and State.
(b) Muslims and Christians.
(c) Privatization of banking and the government finance system.
(d) Apartheid.

11. What does Buntu says he sympathizes with Sizwe for?
(a) The belief that he is doing his best.
(b) Sizwe's anger at the system.
(c) Sizwe's desire to improve himself
(d) The need to escape the bureacracy.

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

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

14. When Sizwe finally hands his passbook to Buntu, what does he say at that moment?
(a) That Sizwe is not Sizwe, but Jacob.
(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 this book makes him less of a man.

15. What does Buntu tell Sizwe to do instead of continuing to live in the country they are in illegally?
(a) To go home.
(b) To go home and come back to get a new passport.
(c) To leave and go to Japan.
(d) To only come on a tourist visa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does SIzwe drunkenly wish to Buntu when Buntu decides to leave the dead man's body behind? .

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

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

5. According to the preacher, at death, the soul gets to go...?

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