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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. What is the name of the man with whom Styles first interacts?
(a) Robert.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Zweli.
(d) Ron.

2. What other piece of contact information does Zwelinzima give to Styles?
(a) His phone number.
(b) His mother's phone number.
(c) His mother's addres.
(d) His address.

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

4. Who recommended an alternative way to catch the cockroaches to Styles?
(a) His father.
(b) A friend.
(c) His mother.
(d) A customer.

5. To whom does Zwelinzima want to send his photograph?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What interrupts Styles' story to the audience at the end of Part 1?

4. What animal did Styles get to catch cockroaches?

5. In whose house does Zwelinzima say that he stayed while narrating his letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way Buntu's mood abruptly changes at the end of Part 3, and what he decides to do as a result.

2. Of what significance is Robert turning out to introduce himself to Buntu as Sizwe Banzi?

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

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

5. Explain the meaning behind Styles yelling out for Robert to imagine that he is against the backdrop of the "city of the future".

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

7. Why, after Sizwe asks Buntu how long it will "last," does Buntu suddenly says he's tired, bid goodnight to Robert and leave?

8. 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.

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

10. What is the passbook a symbol of?

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