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

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

3. What is understood by July's girlfriend in the city to be July’s responsibilities?
(a) His children in various places.
(b) His employer.
(c) His children in town.
(d) His children at home.

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

5. Who used to visit Maureen in the yard with July?
(a) July’s wife.
(b) July’s mother.
(c) July’s girlfriend in town.
(d) July’s sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July’s son realize in Section 2, that the others do not?

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

3. What does Maureen notice about the value of money to the villagers?

4. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?

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

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