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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 Zola is dangerous.
(d) That Buntu is at risk for going to jail.

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

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

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

8. 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) What's in the book doesn't make him a man, but that it goes with you everywhere anyway.
(c) That this book is his life, as ridiculous as that may seem.
(d) That Sizwe is not Sizwe, but Jacob.

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

10. 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) Earning respect from the community.
(d) Getting his work permit.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Buntu suggest Sizwe do for work back in his home country?
(a) To work in the mines.
(b) To work as a bellboy.
(c) To work as a taxi driver.
(d) To work as a rickshaw driver.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. After Sizwe says he doesn't want to die, how does this effect Buntu?

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

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