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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Pages 64-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does July note that he was during his time away with the bakke?
(a) At a farm.
(b) At the shops.
(c) Back in town.
(d) At the chiefs.

2. What does July say he plans to tell people when they ask about the bakke?
(a) That he got it from Bam in town.
(b) That he found it abandoned.
(c) That he borrowed it.
(d) That he stole it.

3. Why does July’s family have difficulty understanding why the Smalls wouldn't just fly overseas?
(a) They can’t imagine guns to shoot planes.
(b) They can’t see blacks rebelling.
(c) They know the whites have money.
(d) They can’t imagine planes.

4. What does July offer to bring Maureen instead of the medication his wife offered?
(a) More wood.
(b) A blanket and cold medicine.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) A new mixture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maureen afraid of, in terms of the children and the water?

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

3. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?

4. In Seciton 4, what does July learn to do for himself?

5. Why do the blacks not kill the warthogs?

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