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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Maureen’s father do for a living?
(a) He was an architect.
(b) He was a servant.
(c) He was a shift boss in the mines.
(d) He was a lawyer.

3. What surprises July’s wife about Maureen upon first meeting her?
(a) She’s not kind.
(b) She’s not a good mother.
(c) She’s not rich.
(d) She’s not attractive.

4. What makes the children happy, as nothing can?
(a) Driving.
(b) Buying things.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Hunting.

5. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?
(a) Maureen and Bam.
(b) Royce and July.
(c) Bam and July.
(d) July and another man.

6. In Section 3, what has Maureen noticed about items in the village?
(a) They are expensive.
(b) They are stolen by July from her home.
(c) They are handmade.
(d) They are purchased by July.

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

8. What does Bam help July build in Section 3?
(a) A stable.
(b) A well.
(c) A new hut.
(d) A water tank.

9. Who is July’s favorite child?
(a) Royce.
(b) Gina.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Victor.

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

11. To whom is Maureen introduced in Section 2?
(a) July’s wife and mother.
(b) July's father.
(c) July's brother.
(d) July’s children.

12. Where did Maureen obtain the malaria drugs she and Bam take?
(a) She got them from Ellen.
(b) She bought them in town.
(c) She got them from July.
(d) She looted them.

13. What does July bring for Bam in Section 1?
(a) Wood.
(b) Meat.
(c) Water.
(d) A car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, where are the children sleeping, once in the hut?

2. What did July bring back with him after taking the bakke without permission?

3. What have the boys learned to do instead of us toilet paper?

4. Why does July's family have a difficult time understanding why he had to bring the Smalls?

5. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?

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