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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what profession has Sizwe heard of too many men dying?
(a) Messengers.
(b) Mining.
(c) Taxi driving.
(d) Rickshaw driving.

2. What does Buntu say he has discovered in the alleyway outside of the bar?
(a) A bag of cash.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A small child.

3. What is significant about the dead man's name?
(a) It only consists of a first name.
(b) It is the same name Sizwe gave Style when he first came into the photograph studio.
(c) It was the name of a friend of Sizwe's father.
(d) It was the name of a friend of Buntu's father.

4. What was the second suggestion offered to Buntu regarding the discovery in the alleyway?
(a) Take the passbook,
(b) Go back to the bar.
(c) Move it.
(d) Report it to the police.

5. According to the preacher, at death, the soul gets to go...?
(a) Home.
(b) In peace.
(c) Aound the block.
(d) Away.

6. What is Sizwe's angry question to Buntu when Buntu decides to leave the dead man alone?
(a) Does Buntu care about family?
(b) Would Buntu enjoy dying himself?
(c) Is Buntu strong enough to carry his own karma?
(d) Is this what Buntu would do if HE was dead?

7. What does Buntu suggest Sizwe do for work back in his home country?
(a) To work as a taxi driver.
(b) To work as a bellboy.
(c) To work as a rickshaw driver.
(d) To work in the mines.

8. After seeing Sizwe's information, what does Buntu realize?
(a) That Sizwe is not who he proposes to be.
(b) That Sizwe's age does not match his face.
(c) That Sizwe was lying about his identity.
(d) That Sizwe should have been back in his home country the day before.

9. In Part 4, how does Sizwe begin telling the audience about going to a bar with Buntu?
(a) By narrating his letter to Noweto.
(b) By narrating the dream he had that night.
(c) By shouting angrily about his memories of the bar.
(d) Through narrating his experience to Buntu the next day.

10. What system of segregation exists during the time of this play?
(a) Church and State.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) Muslims and Christians.
(d) Privatization of banking and the government finance system.

11. Who starts leading the way to go home when Sizwe and Buntu leave the bar on their first night out?
(a) Sizwe.
(b) A bartender who just got off his shift.
(c) Buntu.
(d) A passerby.

12. After introducing himself, what does Sizwe tell everyone he meets in Part 4 to do?
(a) Go back to their homeland.
(b) Boycott the bar.
(c) Go into the bar.
(d) Thank their mothers.

13. What does Sizwe want to do with what he has discovered in the alleyway?
(a) Help him.
(b) Check his wallet.
(c) Hide him.
(d) Ignore him.

14. What is Sizwe's first question to Buntu?
(a) "Why is there so much trouble everywhere?"
(b) "Where is he from?"
(c) "What will become of them?"
(d) "Where is his family?"

15. What does Buntu says he sympathizes with Sizwe for?
(a) Sizwe's anger at the system.
(b) The need to escape the bureacracy.
(c) The belief that he is doing his best.
(d) Sizwe's desire to improve himself

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buntu proceed to to after explaining about the dead man's book to Sizwe?

2. After explaining to Siswe his thoughts on death, what happens to Buntu's mood?

3. According to Buntu, what would make him dig his own grave?

4. When Buntu sees the address of the dead man, what does he do?

5. What did Buntu say the preacher compare death to in his speech?

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