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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to John and Winston after the sound of the first whistle in Scene One?
(a) They are allowed to go home.
(b) They are yelled at to work harder.
(c) They are handcuffed.
(d) They are served lunch.

2. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?
(a) Prisoners banging on cell walls.
(b) Sirens.
(c) The guards yelling.
(d) Doors being locked.

3. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?
(a) Life with the possibility of parole.
(b) Life, not death.
(c) 15 years to life.
(d) Only 3 months.

4. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?
(a) Robben Island.
(b) St. George’s Strand.
(c) St. George’s Beach.
(d) Robben’s Beach.

5. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?
(a) Hodoshe.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Robben.
(d) Winston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John use to try to clean Winston’s wound?

2. Who does The State refer to in the play John and Winston are performing?

3. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?

4. What is John’s child’s name, whom he reminisces about in Scene One?

5. What does Winston do when he notices that John’s ear is bleeding?

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