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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, Pages 81-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?
(a) Whether or not their old lives were a lie.
(b) Whether or not she is a good mother.
(c) Whether or not their lives are in danger.
(d) Whether or not their politics are justified.

2. What does Bam ask about Maureen’s actions with the small animals born in their hut?
(a) Why she didn’t give them away.
(b) Why she didn’t have one of the villagers do it.
(c) Why she did it.
(d) Why she didn’t shoot them.

3. Where does the photograph of Maureen and Lydia end up later in Life?
(a) In a magazine.
(b) In a Life book.
(c) In a story about white supremacists.
(d) In an ad against apartheid.

4. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) The meeting of a white woman.
(b) She’s never heard English.
(c) The touching of white skin.
(d) She’s never seen a white.

5. Why can’t the Smalls fly overseas?
(a) The planes are broken.
(b) Rebels are shooting down the planes.
(c) They can’t reach the airport.
(d) The don’t have money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bam help July build in Section 3?

2. What does Bam promise Victor, if he stays home from hunting?

3. Why is July hurt by Maureen in Section 5?

4. What did July’s mother give up for the Smalls?

5. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?

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