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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When were July’s children conceived?
(a) On his leave.
(b) When his wife was in town.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) During holidays.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the real reason Bam and Maureen do not leave South Africa?
(a) They do not want to leave family.
(b) They cannot get their money out.
(c) They have nowhere to go.
(d) They do not want to move the children.

13. Why does the old woman become angry with July in Section 2?
(a) He killed the wrong chicken.
(b) He spent too much money.
(c) He is cruel.
(d) He wrongly thatched the roof.

14. What does July bring into the hut in Section 4?
(a) Meat.
(b) Wood.
(c) A stove.
(d) Vegetables.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bam promise Victor, if he stays home from hunting?

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

4. What does Bam do to try to reconcile after his argument with Maureen in Section 3?

5. Who is July’s favorite child?

(see the answer keys)

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