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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. Sophie reveals to Mama in Scene 5 of Act One that she had been intending to use the money for what purpose?
(a) For a car.
(b) For an operation.
(c) For a horse.
(d) For a dowry.

2. Christian reports to Mama that the pastor had been killed in retaliation for aiding whom?
(a) The government.
(b) Doctors Without Borders.
(c) Rebels.
(d) The poor.

3. Who notifies Mama in Scene 5 of Act One that someone is coming around the bend?
(a) Salima.
(b) Christian.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Mr. Harari.

4. Which character pushes a drunken miner out the door at the beginning of Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Mama.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Salima.

5. The stage directions at the end of Scene 5 indicate that the lights should take what action?
(a) Get brighter.
(b) Resemble moonlight.
(c) Twinkle.
(d) Fade.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Scene 3 of Act Two begins, what kind of weather is occurring outside?

2. Sophie denies Mama's assertion that being 'ruined' causes one's former identity to do what?

3. Sophie's song in Scene 1 of Act Two asserts, "We" take what action "as the world falls apart" (63)?

4. Who purchased the book being read aloud in Scene 5 of Act One?

5. Mama tells Christian in Scene 6 of Act One, "I have" how many "girls to feed and a business to run" (56)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Beatrice?

2. In what way is the motif of escape depicted within Scene 1 of Act Two?

3. In what way is Sophie treated like an outcast, even among the women at Mama's place?

4. Who is Fortune?

5. What action does Mama take immediately after she hears the news Christian delivers in Scene 6 of Act One?

6. What does the pot symbolize within the play?

7. What proposition does Christian make to Mama in Scene 6 of Act One and how does she respond?

8. In what way does Nottage use physical space in order to generate a particular emotion in the audience?

9. What instructions did the police give to Christian when he told them about the pastor's ultimate fate?

10. What action does Mama take immediately after accusing Sophie of stealing in Scene 5 of Act One?

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