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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is July’s reaction to the medication his wife gave Maureen?
(a) He tells her not to use it.
(b) He tells her to throw it away.
(c) He tells her to sell it.
(d) He tells her to take it.

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

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

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

8. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?
(a) July.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Nora.
(d) Martha.

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

10. On what do the Smalls become intoxicated?
(a) Mead.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Meat.
(d) Wine.

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

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

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

14. What is understood by July's girlfriend in the city to be July’s responsibilities?
(a) His children in various places.
(b) His children at home.
(c) His employer.
(d) His children in town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen realize about herself when she bathes in Section 1?

2. Where does July note that he was during his time away with the bakke?

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

4. What is Martha particularly concerned about regarding July's situation with the Smalls in Section 2?

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

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