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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 collaborative effort.
(b) Only understandable.
(c) Robbing them of their dreams.
(d) A very mean thing to do.

2. How many pictures does Zwelinzima want taken in Part 2?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Fifteen.

3. How long did Styles say the owner of the car manufacturing plant stay at the plant?
(a) Two days.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) One week.
(d) Four hours.

4. What does Styles tell the man who is picking up his family photos to do?
(a) Tells him not to waste his life.
(b) Tells him to pick up his laundry down the street.
(c) He encourages the man to go back to his family.
(d) Tells him to move on with his life.

5. During which war did Styles' father fight?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Indo-Japanese War.
(c) The 7 Year War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Zwelinzima want to send his photograph?

3. Who came to collect the pictures for the aforementioned family?

4. Who does Zwelinzima introduce himself to Buntu as in the end of Part 2?

5. What did Styles realized was infested with cockroaches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Buntu's mood change at the end of Part 3?

2. How does this section of the play give us more information about the circumstances under which black people lived under Apartheid?

3. Why does Buntu become calmer when telling Sizwe he's married with a child and sympathizes with his desire to improve himself?

4. How does the playwright play upon audience curiosity in Part 2?

5. Are Sizwe's and Buntu's reactions to finding the dead body the same? Explain your answer.

6. Hypothesize the possible meanings this Part of the play and the passbook itself could have in relation to the struggle of black people against white people.

7. How does Styles transform Robert's attitude in Part 2?

8. What is the purpose of Robert being illuminated in a single light right before he begins narrating his letter to his wife?

9. Without having seen the play, what would be a safe implication to make about the character of Robert, given that one of the first things he does is give his name and immediately afterward, his address?

10. What does Buntu have to say to Sizwe about the importance of names?

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