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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did July’s wife give up for the Smalls?
(a) Her stove.
(b) Her hut.
(c) Her extra bed.
(d) Her car.

3. What is Bam not aware of when he shows the gun to the villagers?
(a) They already know it exists.
(b) They don’t know what it is.
(c) They don’t believe in guns.
(d) They think it is a weapon against them.

4. What does Bam do for leisure in Section 3?
(a) He drinks beer with the villagers.
(b) He sings with the villagers.
(c) He plays sports with the villagers.
(d) He spends time with his family.

5. In Section 2, what did July’s children see that Bam has in the hut?
(a) A key to the car.
(b) A cat.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

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

7. What does Maureen ask that puts July ill at ease in Section 5?
(a) About his relationship with Martha.
(b) About his relationship with Royce.
(c) About his relationship with Ellen.
(d) About his relationship with Bam.

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

9. What does July offer Maureen in terms of clothing?
(a) He offers to buy new ones.
(b) He offers to mend them.
(c) His wife and other women can wash them.
(d) His wife and other women can make new clothing.

10. Why does July's family have a difficult time understanding why he had to bring the Smalls?
(a) They believe the whites to have family elsewhere.
(b) They believe the whites to be more powerful.
(c) They believe the whites to always have a home.
(d) They believe the whites to have superior lives.

11. 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 doesn’t want to know the ending.
(d) She knows that when she reads it, there are no others.

12. What does Bam promise Victor, if he stays home from hunting?
(a) The flank.
(b) The skin.
(c) The feet.
(d) The head.

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

14. Why does July make Bam move the car in Section 1?
(a) He wants to sell it.
(b) He’s afraid it will be seen.
(c) He wants to use it for parts.
(d) He wants to steal it.

15. Why does Maureen want to keep the small warthog?
(a) Out of respect for July.
(b) Out of respect for the village.
(c) It is easier to cook.
(d) It will be tender.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maureen notice about the value of money to the villagers?

3. What does July bring the Smalls at the beginning of the novel?

4. To whom is Maureen introduced in Section 2?

5. Why is Bam really angry with July in Section 4?

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