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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Styles, convincing his customers to take pictures in a way that is different than they prefer is...
(a) A very mean thing to do.
(b) Only understandable.
(c) A collaborative effort.
(d) Robbing them of their dreams.

2. What is the name of Zwelinzima's wife in Part 2?
(a) Noweto.
(b) Neema.
(c) Notomo.
(d) Neemi.

3. Zwelinzima explains that he was introduced to another friend through his house owner, named...
(a) Buntu.
(b) Maloo.
(c) Ballou.
(d) Guntu.

4. How did Styles interpret the speech given by the car manufacturer owner?
(a) Very accurately.
(b) In a nervous manner.
(c) He acted as though he couldn't understand the owner.
(d) He twisted the words to make fun of the owner and the plant.

5. Which American President does Styles refer to as having an effect on South Africa?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Wilson Woodrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which war did Styles' father fight?

2. How does Styles feel about the number of pictures Zwelinzima wants taken?

3. What did Styles realized was infested with cockroaches?

4. What was the name of the insect spray in the commercial in the first part of the play?

5. What does the owner of the car manufacturing plant call himself in his speech to the plant workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the father of the family who came into Styles' studio have died so soon after having come in?

2. Why does Buntu tell Sizwe the story of Jacob, a man who recently died?

3. How does Buntu help Sizwe "practice" being Robert Zwelinzima?

4. How do Sizwe and Buntu find the dead body after they leave the bar?

5. Comment upon the feelings of what a western audience might feel in the face of the idea of changing one's identity.

6. How does Buntu both protest against and sympathize with Sizwe in Part 3?

7. Why could it be hypocritical of Buntu to tell the story about Jacob?

8. What is the significance of the kitten's name?

9. What is the passbook a symbol of?

10. Expand on the significance of the idea of transformation in this play.

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