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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John collect nails for in Scene One?
(a) Antigone’s necklace.
(b) A wind chime.
(c) A cross.
(d) A weapon.

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

3. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?
(a) A modern pop song.
(b) A South African folk song.
(c) a Defiance Campaign song.
(d) A song he wrote himself.

4. What was John’s original sentence?
(a) Life.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years to life.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two prisoners revealed in the start of Scene One?

2. Where does Winston receive a wound after being beat up in Scene One?

3. In what part of the prison does The Island begin?

4. Where is John hiding at the start of Scene Two so that he cannot see Winston changing?

5. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?

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