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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 is a Primus?
(a) A stove.
(b) A generator.
(c) A type of well.
(d) A refrigerator.

2. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?
(a) She knows that when she reads it, there are no others.
(b) She doesn’t want to know the ending.
(c) She hates reading.
(d) She can’t read it because it is in Italian.

3. What have the boys learned to do instead of us toilet paper?
(a) Wipe their bottoms with leaves.
(b) Wipe their bottoms with rags.
(c) Rinse in the river water.
(d) Wipe their bottoms with stones.

4. Why is Maureen hurt by July in Section 5?
(a) She feels he cares more for Bam than for her.
(b) She feels her friendliness for him has been misinterpreted.
(c) She feels she has been lied to.
(d) She feels she is being used.

5. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?
(a) Whether or not she is a good mother.
(b) Whether or not their old lives were a lie.
(c) Whether or not their politics are justified.
(d) Whether or not their lives are in danger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What has Maureen learned to make appropriately by Section 4?

4. In Section 3, what has Maureen noticed about items in the village?

5. Why does July make Bam move the car in Section 1?

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