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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, Pages 91-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maureen advise July to do about the car in Section 7?
(a) Wait until he can get the parts.
(b) Wait until after the riots to fix it.
(c) Wait for fall to fix it.
(d) Wait for Bam to fix it.

2. What does July want to ask Maureen about in private in Section 7?
(a) Why she is sad.
(b) Why she is picking spinach.
(c) Why she is angry.
(d) Why she is worried about her car.

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

4. Why does July’s family have difficulty understanding why the Smalls wouldn't just fly overseas?
(a) They know the whites have money.
(b) They can’t imagine planes.
(c) They can’t see blacks rebelling.
(d) They can’t imagine guns to shoot planes.

5. What does Maureen realize the people in town will see about July?
(a) His new clothes.
(b) His possession of money.
(c) His new wealth.
(d) His possession of the bakke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cooked for the Smalls in Section 6?

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

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

4. What is a bakkie?

5. What does Maureen realize about herself when she bathes in Section 1?

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