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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Go to movies.
(c) Eat meat.
(d) Go home.

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

4. What does July report in Section 4 about the towns?
(a) They are still in flux with riots.
(b) They are evacuated.
(c) They are calming.
(d) They are overpopulated.

5. Why does July’s family have difficulty understanding why the Smalls wouldn't just fly overseas?
(a) They know the whites have money.
(b) They can’t see blacks rebelling.
(c) They can’t imagine guns to shoot planes.
(d) They can’t imagine planes.

6. 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 how.
(d) They don’t know they exist.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Maureen send Royce to tell July in Section 5?
(a) That she wants him to go to town.
(b) That she wants him to come see her.
(c) That she wants her keys back.
(d) That she is angry with him.

13. What does Maureen see when she steps out for a rain shower in Section 3?
(a) The vehicle is returned.
(b) The village is quiet.
(c) The night is lit up with bombs.
(d) There are armies coming.

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

15. 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) Wipe their bottoms with rags.
(d) Rinse in the river water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is July hurt by Maureen in Section 5?

2. Why can’t the Smalls fly overseas?

3. What is a Primus?

4. In Section 2, what did July’s children see that Bam has in the hut?

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

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