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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does July’s son realize in Section 2, that the others do not?
(a) The whites are now powerless.
(b) They no longer have money.
(c) They will eventually be caught.
(d) The whites are now alone.

2. What object does Bam not keep in his home?
(a) Slaves.
(b) A revolver.
(c) Servants.
(d) A knife.

3. Why do the blacks not kill the warthogs?
(a) They have no guns.
(b) They don’t believe in eating meat.
(c) They don’t know they exist.
(d) They don’t know how.

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

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

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

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

8. Where does the photograph of Maureen and Lydia end up later in Life?
(a) In a Life book.
(b) In a magazine.
(c) In an ad against apartheid.
(d) In a story about white supremacists.

9. What does July bring the Smalls at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cola.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Water.
(d) Tea.

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

11. What is a Primus?
(a) A generator.
(b) A stove.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A type of well.

12. What does July offer to bring Maureen instead of the medication his wife offered?
(a) A new mixture.
(b) A blanket and cold medicine.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) More wood.

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

14. What is Bam’s profession?
(a) Neuroscientist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Soldier.

15. What does Maureen believe about July as he addresses her and Bam in Section 4?
(a) That he is always speaking to Bam.
(b) That he sees them as equals.
(c) That she is always who he is speaking to.
(d) That he sees them as inferior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old woman become angry with July in Section 2?

2. When were July’s children conceived?

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

4. What does July say he plans to tell people when they ask about the bakke?

5. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?

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