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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Josephine angrily insists in Scene 5 of Act One that her father had been what?
(a) A chief.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A slave.
(d) A king.

2. Which character is the only one singing when Scene 2 of Act One opens?
(a) Salima.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Mama.
(d) Sophie.

3. Christian tells Mama in Scene 4 of Act One that which clergyman is missing?
(a) Father Brandon.
(b) Father Walsh.
(c) Pastor Robbins.
(d) Pastor Givens.

4. At what time of day does Scene 6 of Act One begin?
(a) Evening.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Morning.

5. Mama tells Christian that she has been expecting him for how many weeks?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christian tells Mama in Scene 6 that which character's dead body had recently been found?

2. Which character is singing about a bird when Scene 4 of Act One opens?

3. Mama recalls her mother taking her and her brothers to what location so that she could "visit with uncles" (18)?

4. What term is used to describe Fortune and Simon as they enter Mama's place in Scene 6 of Act One?

5. Who asks Mama to go to Kinshasa with him to run a business together?

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