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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Pages 64-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bam do for leisure in Section 3?
(a) He plays sports with the villagers.
(b) He spends time with his family.
(c) He sings with the villagers.
(d) He drinks beer with the villagers.

2. What does July say about Bam to Victor when he complains about the water?
(a) He is clever.
(b) He is cruel.
(c) He is old.
(d) He is unfair.

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

4. What does July offer to bring Maureen instead of the medication his wife offered?
(a) A blanket and cold medicine.
(b) A new mixture.
(c) More wood.
(d) A thermometer.

5. What does Bam help July build in Section 3?
(a) A water tank.
(b) A stable.
(c) A well.
(d) A new hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?

2. How much time has passed since Maureen and Bam left Johannesburg?

3. How does Maureen know July is lying about what his family says upon their first meeting?

4. What does July bring for Bam in Section 1?

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

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