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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, what happened to his father after he returned home from the war?
(a) He was accused of spying for the Germans.
(b) He was captured three years later.
(c) He was left with nothing.
(d) He was given honors.

2. What was the name of the insect spray in the commercial in the first part of the play?
(a) Off.
(b) Zap.
(c) Kill.
(d) Doom.

3. How does Zwelinzima begin to act as Style interacts with him?
(a) He becomes more tense.
(b) He acts upset.
(c) He begins to relax.
(d) He begins to act paranoid.

4. Which adjective best describes the man who Styles first lets into his shop?
(a) Decrepit.
(b) Happy.
(c) Austere.
(d) Nervous.

5. What interrupts Styles' story to the audience at the end of Part 1?
(a) Styles falling asleep.
(b) A knock on the door.
(c) A scream outside.
(d) A man yelling from upstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first customer that Styles describes coming into the shop for a picture?

2. What other piece of contact information does Zwelinzima give to Styles?

3. How long did Styles say the owner of the car manufacturing plant stay at the plant?

4. What character is Buntu played by?

5. What did Styles say he had to go through to attain ownership of a building and a business?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much respect does Buntu have for Sizwe?

2. How does the passbook represent oppression of blacks in Apartheid-era South Africa?

3. Explain how as an audience, we know from the very opening scene that this play will involve the concepts of racial discrimination against blacks, and their struggles.

4. What can be deduced by the audience in regards to the nature of Robert's letter?

5. At the start of Part 3, why does Buntu say Sizwe is in real trouble?

6. In Buntu's story about Jacob, what does the preacher say about death?

7. What does Buntu say to Sizwe to convince him to change identity?

8. 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.

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

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

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