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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 do Maureen and Bam fear their lives will become, as described in Section 1?
(a) Meaningless in their support of white power.
(b) Meaningless in their support of white rights.
(c) Meaningless in their support of black power.
(d) Meaningless in their support of black rights.

2. Why is July’s mother angry in Section 6?
(a) She hates the children.
(b) She wants her hut back.
(c) She hates July.
(d) She hates Martha.

3. What does Bam mean when he notes that “women are cowards”?
(a) He means women choose to strike when they are at their strongest.
(b) He means women are weak.
(c) He means women are manipulative.
(d) He means women choose to strike when men are at their weakest.

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

5. What does Maureen begin doing with her time in Section 7?
(a) She takes photographs.
(b) She begins gathering food like the other women.
(c) She begins plotting her escape.
(d) She begins writing a novel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is the Smalls' bakkie?

3. What does Bam ask about Maureen’s actions with the small animals born in their hut?

4. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?

5. What did Maureen’s father do for a living?

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