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

2. Why does Martha find it odd when July answers her questions?
(a) She is used to him not being there.
(b) She is used to him ignoring her.
(c) She is used to not being heard.
(d) She is used to him being mean to her.

3. Why do the blacks not kill the warthogs?
(a) They have no guns.
(b) They don’t believe in eating meat.
(c) They don’t know how.
(d) They don’t know they exist.

4. What does July bring into the hut in Section 4?
(a) Meat.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) A stove.
(d) Wood.

5. Why does Bam know something has happened in Section 4?
(a) Maureen is fully dressed.
(b) Maureen is nearly naked.
(c) Maureen is rude.
(d) Maureen is distant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha particularly concerned about regarding July's situation with the Smalls in Section 2?

2. What does Bam hope Nyiko knows in Section 6?

3. What does Bam do to try to reconcile after his argument with Maureen in Section 3?

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

5. What did Maureen’s father do for a living?

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