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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. What did Maureen’s father do for a living?
(a) He was a shift boss in the mines.
(b) He was a servant.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was an architect.

2. What is happening politically, economically, and socially in the novel?
(a) Apartheid is being challenged.
(b) Democracy is being challenged.
(c) Whites are being sold as slaves.
(d) Blacks are being sold as slaves.

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

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

5. What do Maureen and Bam fear their lives will become, as described in Section 1?
(a) Meaningless in their support of black rights.
(b) Meaningless in their support of white rights.
(c) Meaningless in their support of white power.
(d) Meaningless in their support of black power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old woman become angry with July in Section 2?

2. What did July’s mother give up for the Smalls?

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

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

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

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