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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 Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Eat meat.
(c) Go to movies.
(d) Go home.

2. Why is July’s mother angry in Section 6?
(a) She hates Martha.
(b) She hates July.
(c) She hates the children.
(d) She wants her hut back.

3. What did July’s wife give up for the Smalls?
(a) Her stove.
(b) Her extra bed.
(c) Her hut.
(d) Her car.

4. What does Maureen understand must be balanced in black affairs?
(a) Duty and love.
(b) Love and money.
(c) Money and desire.
(d) Desire and duty.

5. What is Bam not aware of when he shows the gun to the villagers?
(a) They don’t believe in guns.
(b) They already know it exists.
(c) They think it is a weapon against them.
(d) They don’t know what it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Bam and Maureen continue to listen to the radio?

2. What does Maureen do when she menstruates?

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

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

5. What does Bam mean when he notes that “women are cowards”?

(see the answer key)

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