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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. In Section 3, what has Maureen noticed about items in the village?
(a) They are stolen by July from her home.
(b) They are handmade.
(c) They are expensive.
(d) They are purchased by July.

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

3. What is Bam’s profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Neuroscientist.

4. Where did Maureen obtain the malaria drugs she and Bam take?
(a) She looted them.
(b) She got them from Ellen.
(c) She got them from July.
(d) She bought them in town.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Section 1, where are the children sleeping, once in the hut?

3. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?

4. What does Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?

5. What does Maureen realize about herself when she bathes in Section 1?

(see the answer key)

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