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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 July’s mother eventually do as she carries wood in Section 5?
(a) Give up.
(b) Faint.
(c) Ask for help.
(d) Crawl on the ground.

2. What does July offer to bring Maureen instead of the medication his wife offered?
(a) More wood.
(b) A blanket and cold medicine.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) A new mixture.

3. Why is Maureen hurt by July in Section 5?
(a) She feels she has been lied to.
(b) She feels she is being used.
(c) She feels he cares more for Bam than for her.
(d) She feels her friendliness for him has been misinterpreted.

4. Why does July's family have a difficult time understanding why he had to bring the Smalls?
(a) They believe the whites to have superior lives.
(b) They believe the whites to be more powerful.
(c) They believe the whites to have family elsewhere.
(d) They believe the whites to always have a home.

5. What does July say about Bam to Victor when he complains about the water?
(a) He is cruel.
(b) He is clever.
(c) He is old.
(d) He is unfair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?

2. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?

3. What do July’s daughters seem amazed at regarding July's situation in the city?

4. What does the man accuse the children of in Section 6?

5. What does Maureen send Royce to tell July in Section 5?

(see the answer key)

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