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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) St. George’s Beach.
(c) Robben Island.
(d) St. George’s Strand.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday was it the last time John was at St. George’s Strand?

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

3. What reason does Winston give for not want to play the part of Antigone?

4. What term does Winston use in regards to the play, which John says is the same term Hodoshe uses in regards to their convictions?

5. Who does The State refer to in the play John and Winston are performing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the whistles sound while John and Winston are on the Island digging?

2. Under what circumstances does Winston say he will agree to be in the play?

3. What do Winston and John say about the sand they were digging after Winston wipes some from his eyes in their cell?

4. What does Winston do in the cell after Hodoshe takes John away in Scene Two?

5. How does Winston react to how John behaves when he sees him dressed as Antigone?

6. How does John and Winston take care of each other in their cell after they have been beaten?

7. Why is John frustrated with Winston in regards to the play, Antigone?

8. What are John and Winston doing on the Island at the start of Scene One?

9. Describe how John reacts when he sees Winston dressed as Antigone at the start of Scene Two.

10. What do John and Winston say about their difficult day digging sand?

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