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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The children in the beginning of "Open House" are worried about who will take care of what when Aretha is gone?
(a) Their dolls.
(b) Their cats.
(c) Their dogs.
(d) The house.

2. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Mare suggests that she and Lucius have children, as they have neither what?
(a) Hate nor distrust.
(b) Language nor direction.
(c) Hair nor feathers.
(d) Claws nor fangs.

3. Who defied her boss' efforts to get her to speak properly in scene "A" of "Snails"?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Chona.
(c) Verona.
(d) Molly.

4. Who speaks of developing an unusual friendship with a robber who repeatedly came to her house in scene "A" of "Snails"?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Molly.
(d) Mona.

5. In "An Equation for Black People Onstage" Parks writes, "The bulk of relationships Black people are engaged in onstage is the relationship between the Black and the" what?
(a) "White perspective."
(b) "White other."
(c) "White lifestyle."
(d) "Female other."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows Blanca and Anglor through an apartment in scene "F" of "Open House"?

2. What is a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order?

3. In scene "B" of "Betting on the Dust Commander," Lucius tells Mare that his favorite horse is always what?

4. What was injured on Black Man when he escaped execution in "Panel I: Thou Holy Ghost" of "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World"?

5. What does Charlene complain the apartment is infested with in scene "C" of "Snails"?

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