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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?
(a) Tatu Peter.
(b) Tembo.
(c) Sipho.
(d) Simbo.

2. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Creon.
(c) Polynices.
(d) Antigone.

3. Who is Winston dressing up as at the start of Scene Two?
(a) Hodoshe.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Polynices.

4. What does John recall Winston said as he jumped off the jetty at Robben Island?
(a) I am innocent!
(b) Farewell Africa!
(c) Get me out of here!
(d) Home sweet home!

5. When John and Winston first met, he had just returned from his trial, which was where?
(a) Cradock.
(b) Rooihel.
(c) Robben Island.
(d) St. George’s Strand.

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

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

8. Why does John worry about the noise Winston makes in their cell in Scene One?
(a) He worries that it will attract attention from the guards.
(b) He worries he will not be able to sleep.
(c) He worries Winston will not be able to sleep.
(d) He worries their cellmate will hear and get angry.

9. What reason does Winston give for not want to play the part of Antigone?
(a) He is a man, not a woman.
(b) He does not agree with Antigone’s actions.
(c) He cannot remember Antigone’s lines.
(d) He likes King Creon’s costume better.

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

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

12. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?
(a) He puts on Antigone’s costume.
(b) He very dramatically says Antigone’s lines.
(c) He tickles him.
(d) He does a silly dance.

13. What is John’s child’s name, whom he reminisces about in Scene One?
(a) Martin.
(b) Monty.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Monde.

14. How many miles was the drive from Rooihel to the ferry to get them to Robben Island?
(a) 500.
(b) 5000.
(c) 250.
(d) 50.

15. Who is NOT one of the listed authors of The Island?
(a) Winston Ntshona.
(b) Athol Ntshona.
(c) Athol Fugard.
(d) John Kani.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Winston react to John’s news in Scene Two?

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

5. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?

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