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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 July bring for Bam in Section 1?
(a) Wood.
(b) A car.
(c) Water.
(d) Meat.

2. What has Maureen learned to make appropriately by Section 4?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Meal.
(c) Warthog.
(d) Spinach.

3. What does Maureen notice about the value of money to the villagers?
(a) It means more than life.
(b) It has little meaning.
(c) They don’t know what money is.
(d) It has significant meaning.

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

5. Why does Bam know something has happened in Section 4?
(a) Maureen is fully dressed.
(b) Maureen is distant.
(c) Maureen is nearly naked.
(d) Maureen is rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bam not aware of when he shows the gun to the villagers?

2. Who used to visit Maureen in the yard with July?

3. What is a Primus?

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

5. What is the real reason Bam and Maureen do not leave South Africa?

(see the answer key)

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