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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?
(a) Have courage.
(b) Best of luck.
(c) Work hard.
(d) Run away.

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

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

4. What does Winston yell out after John stops him from banging on the cell door in Scene One?
(a) I will kill you!
(b) Hodoshe!
(c) Get me out of here!
(d) I am innocent!

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

6. How much time does John find out he has left after meeting with the Captain?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three years.

7. What does John tell Winston upon his return from seeing Hodoshe?
(a) That his wife has died.
(b) That he is leaving tonight.
(c) That his sentenced has been extended.
(d) That his sentence has been reduced.

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

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

10. What term does Winston use in regards to the play, which John says is the same term Hodoshe uses in regards to their convictions?
(a) Child’s play.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Hocus Pocus.
(d) Gobbledygook.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Hodoshe let John do for the first time after he met with the captain?
(a) Walk back to his cell alone.
(b) Buy a snack.
(c) Make a phone call.
(d) Write a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?

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

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

4. What are the prisoners doing on the Island at the start of Scene One?

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

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