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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Act One: Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christian tells Sophie near the end of Scene 1 in Act Two that she is lucky, since many people of what type "would've left [her] for dead" (18)?
(a) Uncles.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Men.
(d) Members of her family.

2. Mama tells Sophie that she knows she is in pain because Mama is eliciting what type of sensory input?
(a) A sight.
(b) A smell.
(c) A feeling.
(d) A sound.

3. The stage directions that begin Scene 1 of Act One describe the sounds of what type of environment?
(a) A rainforest.
(b) A savannah.
(c) A mangrove swamp.
(d) A desert.

4. At the end of Scene 1 in Act One, what gesture is said to be contained within Christian's posture as he exits the room?
(a) An apology.
(b) A threat.
(c) A promise.
(d) A lapse of memory.

5. How old is Christian, the "perpetually cheerful traveling salesman" (5)?
(a) In his early 60s.
(b) In his early 50s.
(c) In his early forties.
(d) In his late 40s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of substance does Mama give to Sophie in order to "help the pain down below" (17)?

2. What is NOT a staple Mama mentions when she asks Christian how she is supposed to do business without four key items?

3. What name does Mama insist that the young women in her care call her?

4. When Mama argues against taking in Sophie, she tells Christian that she already feeds how many young women "while half the country starves" (13)?

5. Christian explains in Scene 1 of Act One that along the main road, there are boys with Kalashnikovs "and pockets that need filling" (5) posted every how many kilometers?

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