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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Pages 24-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Milk.
(d) Sugar.

2. What does July offer Maureen in terms of clothing?
(a) His wife and other women can make new clothing.
(b) He offers to mend them.
(c) He offers to buy new ones.
(d) His wife and other women can wash them.

3. How much time has passed since Maureen and Bam left Johannesburg?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four days.

4. What does July bring for Bam in Section 1?
(a) Meat.
(b) Wood.
(c) A car.
(d) Water.

5. What is happening politically, economically, and socially in the novel?
(a) Apartheid is being challenged.
(b) Blacks are being sold as slaves.
(c) Democracy is being challenged.
(d) Whites are being sold as slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?

2. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?

3. What makes the children happy, as nothing can?

4. What does Maureen realize about herself when she bathes in Section 1?

5. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?

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