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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Pages 15-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What surprises July’s wife about Maureen upon first meeting her?
(a) She’s not kind.
(b) She’s not rich.
(c) She’s not attractive.
(d) She’s not a good mother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?

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

3. Why does July’s family have difficulty understanding why the Smalls wouldn't just fly overseas?

4. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?

5. To whom is Maureen introduced in Section 2?

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