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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 do Bam and Maureen continue to listen to the radio?
(a) They want to hear news of the uprisings.
(b) They miss music.
(c) They want to hear their own language.
(d) They want to hear the rebels’ political stance.

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

3. How does Maureen get the keys from July in Section 4?
(a) She tells him she wants to get the mats from the floor.
(b) She tells him she needs to go to town.
(c) She tells him Bam is angry.
(d) She tells him she doesn’t trust him.

4. Who does Bam meet that would like to use the gun?
(a) John.
(b) Victor.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Alex.

5. What does July’s mother pretend not to like in Section 6?
(a) The white people.
(b) The gun.
(c) The water.
(d) The meat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the blacks not kill the warthogs?

3. Why does Martha find it odd when July answers her questions?

4. What does July’s son realize in Section 2, that the others do not?

5. What does Maureen do when she menstruates?

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