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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, Pages 122-142.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bam wonder about, in terms of what July will do if the Smalls are evicted?
(a) He wonders if July will fight to keep the children safe.
(b) He wonders if July will miss them.
(c) He wonders if July will follow them.
(d) He wonders if July will give back the car.

2. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk.
(d) Coffee.

3. What has the government promised to do to help the local chiefs?
(a) Provide soldiers.
(b) Provide food.
(c) Provide guns.
(d) Provide new land.

4. What object does Bam not keep in his home?
(a) Slaves.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A knife.
(d) Servants.

5. What does Martha wonder about town?
(a) Whether Maureen told July what to do.
(b) What the streets looked like.
(c) Whether the children went to school.
(d) What the house looked like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 'medication' does Maureen get from Martha in Section 4?

2. Why does Maureen believe July doesn’t want her with his wife?

3. What surprises July’s wife about Maureen upon first meeting her?

4. What does the chief want Bam to do to help him?

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

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