3. What does Maureen understand must be balanced in black affairs?
(a) Duty and love.
(b) Desire and duty.
(c) Money and desire.
(d) Love and money.

4. What is Martha particularly concerned about regarding July's situation with the Smalls in Section 2?
(a) He will not be able to provide for the whites.
(b) He will run away.
(c) He will not be happy.
(d) He will no longer be paid.

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

6. What is surprising about the photo of Maureen and Lydia?
(a) They are both white.
(b) They are holding hands.
(c) They are both black.
(d) Their roles of servant and master are clear.

7. In Section 5, what does Maureen wonder about the town woman?
(a) Whether July loves her.
(b) Whether she has children.
(c) Whether she loves July.
(d) Whether she is married.

8. What does July say he plans to tell people when they ask about the bakke?
(a) That he borrowed it.
(b) That he found it abandoned.
(c) That he stole it.
(d) That he got it from Bam in town.

9. In Section 1, where are the children sleeping, once in the hut?
(a) Beds.
(b) Car seats.
(c) The floor.
(d) Hammocks.

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

11. What does Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Go to movies.
(c) Eat meat.
(d) Go home.

12. What 'medication' does Maureen get from Martha in Section 4?
(a) Something for the children’s cough.
(b) Something to make her sleep.
(c) Something for her cold.
(d) Something for malaria.

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

14. Why does the old woman become angry with July in Section 2?
(a) He killed the wrong chicken.
(b) He is cruel.
(c) He spent too much money.
(d) He wrongly thatched the roof.

15. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) She’s never seen a white.
(b) The meeting of a white woman.
(c) She’s never heard English.
(d) The touching of white skin.