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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena look up at when she and Boesman sit in Act 1?
(a) The rainbow.
(b) The bats.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The birds.

2. What does Boesman say that the "kaffirs" come here to do?
(a) Steal.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Die.
(d) Drink.

3. What does Lena bribe Boesman with to let Outa stay?
(a) Bottles.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Wine.

4. What followed Lena all the way back to Korsten?
(a) A dog.
(b) The police.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black man.

5. What does Lena say is "the scenery" of her world?
(a) The churches.
(b) The children.
(c) Boesman's back.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?

2. Which male character in the play is referred to as "colored"?

3. What is Lena referring to when she says, "Take your sack, knock on some back doors and it's full in no time"?

4. What is the translation for "dop"?

5. What are "skelms"?

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