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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Who used to visit Maureen in the yard with July?
(a) July’s wife.
(b) July’s mother.
(c) July’s sister.
(d) July’s girlfriend in town.

5. Why can’t the Smalls fly overseas?
(a) The planes are broken.
(b) Rebels are shooting down the planes.
(c) The don’t have money.
(d) They can’t reach the airport.

6. What does July’s mother eventually do as she carries wood in Section 5?
(a) Give up.
(b) Faint.
(c) Crawl on the ground.
(d) Ask for help.

7. Why do Bam and Maureen continue to listen to the radio?
(a) They want to hear news of the uprisings.
(b) They want to hear their own language.
(c) They miss music.
(d) They want to hear the rebels’ political stance.

8. What color is the Smalls' bakkie?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

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

10. What does Maureen realize about herself when she bathes in Section 1?
(a) She is overweight.
(b) She stinks.
(c) She is frightened.
(d) She has lost weight.

11. Why does Maureen not enter July’s hut?
(a) She thinks it would be improper.
(b) She doesn’t want to intrude.
(c) She doesn’t want to see her stolen belongings.
(d) She doesn’t like July.

12. Why is July hurt by Maureen in Section 5?
(a) He feels she is betraying him.
(b) He feels she doesn’t trust him.
(c) He feels he should go home.
(d) He feels she is mistreating his family.

13. What do July’s daughters seem amazed at regarding July's situation in the city?
(a) July had a separate room to bathe.
(b) July had a car.
(c) July had a separate room to sleep.
(d) July had a separate room to eat.

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

15. What does Maureen keep secret from Bam in Section 4?
(a) That she knows he doesn’t believe things will improve.
(b) That she knows the vehicle is back.
(c) That she knows July is back.
(d) That she knows he can’t go back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen see when she steps out for a rain shower in Section 3?

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

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

4. What is understood by July's girlfriend in the city to be July’s responsibilities?

5. What does Maureen send Royce to tell July in Section 5?

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