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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Winston receive a wound after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His arm.
(b) His ankle.
(c) His eye.
(d) His foot.

2. What does John use to try to clean Winston’s wound?
(a) Winston’s urine.
(b) His own urine.
(c) Ocean water.
(d) Water from their bucket.

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

4. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Eteocles.

5. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Hatred for Winston.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?

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

3. What does Winston say in regards to Antigone’s plea in Scene One?

4. What does Winston yell out after John stops him from banging on the cell door in Scene One?

5. What does John collect nails for in Scene One?

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