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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, Pages 108-121.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a bakkie?
(a) An article of clothing.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A car.
(d) A plant.

2. What does July bring the Smalls at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Cola.
(d) Coffee.

3. What does July’s mother pretend not to like in Section 6?
(a) The gun.
(b) The white people.
(c) The meat.
(d) The water.

4. By the end of Section 7, how does Maureen feel about Bam, after this journey?
(a) She is angry with him.
(b) She loves him more.
(c) She no longer sees him as the same person.
(d) She is disgusted by him.

5. What is Maureen afraid of, in terms of the children and the water?
(a) Feces.
(b) Illness.
(c) It is too warm.
(d) It is too cold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By the end of Section 7, what does Maureen realize about July and his feelings for her?

3. What does Maureen learn in Section 7 that they must to do to stay in the village?

4. Who cooked for the Smalls in Section 6?

5. What makes the children happy, as nothing can?

(see the answer key)

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