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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Pages 24-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?
(a) Royce and July.
(b) Bam and July.
(c) July and another man.
(d) Maureen and Bam.

2. What is Maureen afraid of, in terms of the children and the water?
(a) Illness.
(b) It is too cold.
(c) It is too warm.
(d) Feces.

3. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) She’s never seen a white.
(b) The meeting of a white woman.
(c) She’s never heard English.
(d) The touching of white skin.

4. Why can’t the Smalls fly overseas?
(a) The planes are broken.
(b) Rebels are shooting down the planes.
(c) They can’t reach the airport.
(d) The don’t have money.

5. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?
(a) She doesn’t want to know the ending.
(b) She can’t read it because it is in Italian.
(c) She knows that when she reads it, there are no others.
(d) She hates reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 2, what did July’s children see that Bam has in the hut?

2. What does Bam do for leisure in Section 3?

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

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

5. Where did Maureen obtain the malaria drugs she and Bam take?

(see the answer key)

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