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

2. What does Maureen ask that puts July ill at ease in Section 5?
(a) About his relationship with Bam.
(b) About his relationship with Royce.
(c) About his relationship with Ellen.
(d) About his relationship with Martha.

3. What does Maureen realize the people in town will see about July?
(a) His new clothes.
(b) His possession of money.
(c) His possession of the bakke.
(d) His new wealth.

4. What have the boys learned to do instead of us toilet paper?
(a) Wipe their bottoms with stones.
(b) Wipe their bottoms with rags.
(c) Rinse in the river water.
(d) Wipe their bottoms with leaves.

5. In Section 3, what has Maureen noticed about items in the village?
(a) They are purchased by July.
(b) They are expensive.
(c) They are stolen by July from her home.
(d) They are handmade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises July’s wife about Maureen upon first meeting her?

2. What is surprising about the photo of Maureen and Lydia?

3. In Section 5, what does Maureen wonder about the town woman?

4. Why does Maureen not enter July’s hut?

5. What is born within Maureen’s hut?

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