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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. What did Styles realized was infested with cockroaches?
(a) His sink.
(b) His shop.
(c) His bedroom.
(d) The building.

2. What interrupts Styles' story to the audience at the end of Part 1?
(a) A man yelling from upstairs.
(b) Styles falling asleep.
(c) A scream outside.
(d) A knock on the door.

3. When Styles gives the pictures back to the family member, what does the family member begin to do?
(a) Cry about the passed grandfather in the picture.
(b) Reminisce about life in the family.
(c) Complain about the quality of the picture.
(d) Leave without paying.

4. What does Styles call his photography room?
(a) A sailor's hat.
(b) A rusty compass.
(c) An old watch.
(d) A strong room of dreams.

5. What other piece of contact information does Zwelinzima give to Styles?
(a) His mother's phone number.
(b) His mother's addres.
(c) His address.
(d) His phone number.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of speech did the car manufacturer owner want to give to the employees?

2. Which car manufacturing plant did Styles originally work for?

3. What was the name of the insect spray in the commercial in the first part of the play?

4. According to Styles, convincing his customers to take pictures in a way that is different than they prefer is...

5. What is the main character reading at the opening of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sizwe enjoy his experience drinking at the bar he went to with Buntu?

2. Why doesn't Sizwe want to work in the mines?

3. How does the passbook represent oppression of blacks in Apartheid-era South Africa?

4. Why does Buntu's mood change at the end of Part 3?

5. Explain how as an audience, we know from the very opening scene that this play will involve the concepts of racial discrimination against blacks, and their struggles.

6. Why does Buntu switch the pictures in Sizwe's and Robert's passbooks?

7. What is the playwright implying about the fact that "Robert" was still unsuccessful working with Zola?

8. How does Styles transform Robert's attitude in Part 2?

9. Hypothesize the possible meanings this Part of the play and the passbook itself could have in relation to the struggle of black people against white people.

10. Explain the meaning behind Styles yelling out for Robert to imagine that he is against the backdrop of the "city of the future".

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