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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Milk.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

3. Where does July note that he was during his time away with the bakke?
(a) At the shops.
(b) Back in town.
(c) At a farm.
(d) At the chiefs.

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

5. Why is Maureen hurt by July in Section 5?
(a) She feels he cares more for Bam than for her.
(b) She feels she has been lied to.
(c) She feels she is being used.
(d) She feels her friendliness for him has been misinterpreted.

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

7. Why does Bam know something has happened in Section 4?
(a) Maureen is nearly naked.
(b) Maureen is rude.
(c) Maureen is fully dressed.
(d) Maureen is distant.

8. What does Maureen understand must be balanced in black affairs?
(a) Duty and love.
(b) Desire and duty.
(c) Love and money.
(d) Money and desire.

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

10. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?
(a) The year.
(b) Family traditions.
(c) The date.
(d) The order of the day.

11. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?
(a) Whether or not their politics are justified.
(b) Whether or not she is a good mother.
(c) Whether or not their old lives were a lie.
(d) Whether or not their lives are in danger.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Maureen learned to make appropriately by Section 4?

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

3. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?

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

5. What does Maureen realize the people in town will see about July?

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