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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 family member does Styles reminisce about at the end of Part 1?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His father.
(c) His baby sister.
(d) His mother.

2. What did the owner of the house do to help the narrator of the letter while he was supposedly living there?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Work at his house.
(c) Escape the police.
(d) Contact his family.

3. Which adjective best describes the man who Styles first lets into his shop?
(a) Happy.
(b) Decrepit.
(c) Austere.
(d) Nervous.

4. What did Styles say he had to go through to attain ownership of a building and a business?
(a) Too much pain.
(b) Bureacracy.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Hell.

5. What type of speech did the car manufacturer owner want to give to the employees?
(a) An endearing speech.
(b) A quick speech.
(c) An inspirational speech.
(d) An educational speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first man who walks into Styles' shop want?

2. What is the name of the character first seen in the opening part of the play?

3. What does Styles shout out for Zwelinzima to imagine he's posing against while getting his picture taken?

4. What does Styles convince Zwelinzima to do in Part 2?

5. Zwelinzima explains that he was introduced to another friend through his house owner, named...

Short Essay Questions

1. What could be the meaning behind Buntu quietly telling Sizwe to "come along home" at the end of this Part?

2. What is the purpose of Robert being illuminated in a single light right before he begins narrating his letter to his wife?

3. Of what significance is the fact that Styles is the same character as Buntu?

4. Are Sizwe's and Buntu's reactions to finding the dead body the same? Explain your answer.

5. When Sizwe describes how the passbook goes with him everywhere, what else could he be describing?

6. How is Buntu's display in order to convince Sizwe to change identities particularly powerful?

7. Why does Buntu tell Sizwe the story of Jacob, a man who recently died?

8. How does this section of the play give us more information about the circumstances under which black people lived under Apartheid?

9. What does Sizwe claim that the dead Robert is doing in light of the idea of Sizwe taking his identity/name?

10. What is the significance of the kitten's name?

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