July's People Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

July's People Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Bam and Maureen have difficulty discussing the circumstances in Section 9?

2. What does July want to ask Maureen about in private in Section 7?

3. Where has Martha seen a photograph?

4. Why would Maureen and Bam be left behind, even if the Americans and Europeans were airlifted out?

5. Why does Maureen find her husband attractive during dinner an evening in Section 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Maureen surprised when July mentions he wants things to go back?

2. Describe what Bam’s feeding of the children shows, in terms of his role in the household, compared to his previous life?

3. Describe the shared moment of mockery between Martha and Maureen.

4. Why do you think Maureen runs for the helicopter at the end of the novel, leaving her family behind?

5. What does it imply that the chief can speak in English, but doesn’t at first?

6. Explain why Maureen drowns the kittens and what this implies about her?

7. Explain the function of the black man the Smalls meet before the chief.

8. What is missing when the Smalls arrive back at the hut in Section 9, and what does this likely mean for the family?

9. Explain how Maureen feels about her husband after living in the village for a time.

10. Explain how July sees his chief.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Ellen and Martha. How are they similar and how are they different? What do they each mean, or represent, to July, and how does this show his convoluted situation? What does this say about July as a person? About Ellen? About Martha?

Essay Topic 2

The car becomes a social status in the book rather quickly. Explain this social status. Where did it come from? What did it mean in their old life to the Small family? What did it represent in their escape? What does it represent to July? What does July’s use of it now represent to Maureen? To Bam? To the villagers?

Essay Topic 3

In detail, explain what happened to the relationship between Bam and Maureen throughout the novel. Why did they both end up not only not caring for one another by the end of the novel, but not even understanding or even knowing one another? What happened to cause their separation?

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