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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10, Pages 143-156.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bam meet that would like to use the gun?
(a) Victor.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Alex.
(d) John.

2. What does Maureen realize she doesn’t have to worry about anymore in Section 9?
(a) Her children, as they have learned to care for themselves.
(b) Herself, as she no longer cares about anything.
(c) July, as he has now taken control.
(d) Her husband, as he has learned to care for himself.

3. How does July feel about Maureen working with the women of his village in Section 7?
(a) He claims she is too pretty to work.
(b) He is indifferent to it.
(c) He is fine with it.
(d) He doesn’t like it.

4. What do even the children know about the secret of the gun?
(a) Everyone knew it was there.
(b) No one knew it was there.
(c) The gun was never there.
(d) No one cared about the gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Martha seen a photograph?

2. What does July think of his own chief?

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

4. What does July say about Bam to Victor when he complains about the water?

5. In Section 2, what did July’s children see that Bam has in the hut?

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