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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 does Bam do to try to reconcile after his argument with Maureen in Section 3?
(a) He sings to her.
(b) He reads to her.
(c) He leaves her alone.
(d) He talks to her.

2. Where does the photograph of Maureen and Lydia end up later in Life?
(a) In an ad against apartheid.
(b) In a Life book.
(c) In a story about white supremacists.
(d) In a magazine.

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

4. What does Maureen notice about the value of money to the villagers?
(a) It means more than life.
(b) It has little meaning.
(c) They don’t know what money is.
(d) It has significant meaning.

5. How does Maureen know July is lying about what his family says upon their first meeting?
(a) He doesn’t speak their language.
(b) They don’t say anything, although he translates.
(c) They sound angry.
(d) They say more than he appears to translate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maureen and Bam fear their lives will become, as described in Section 1?

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

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

4. What is the real reason Bam and Maureen do not leave South Africa?

5. What does July bring the Smalls at the beginning of the novel?

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