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

2. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Martha.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Nora.
(d) July.

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

4. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?
(a) Family traditions.
(b) The year.
(c) The date.
(d) The order of the day.

5. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) She’s never heard English.
(b) The touching of white skin.
(c) She’s never seen a white.
(d) The meeting of a white woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the children happy, as nothing can?

2. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?

3. What is a bakkie?

4. What is understood by July's girlfriend in the city to be July’s responsibilities?

5. What is Martha particularly concerned about regarding July's situation with the Smalls in Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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