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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 15 years to life.
(c) Life, not death.
(d) Only 3 months.

3. In what part of the prison does The Island begin?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) A cell.
(c) The Captain’s office.
(d) The bathroom.

4. What holiday was it the last time John was at St. George’s Strand?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) New Year’s.
(d) Christmas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John pretend to call in their cell at night at the end of Scene One?

2. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?

3. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?

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

5. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

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