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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bam ask about Maureen’s actions with the small animals born in their hut?
(a) Why she did it.
(b) Why she didn’t have one of the villagers do it.
(c) Why she didn’t give them away.
(d) Why she didn’t shoot them.

2. Why would Bam refuse to help the chief?
(a) He won’t help the chief kill people.
(b) He doesn’t want to help July’s people.
(c) He won’t get involved, at the risk of harming his family.
(d) He won’t help the chief fight against the liberation of his own people.

3. In Section 8, what does Victor want his dad to buy?
(a) A bike.
(b) A car.
(c) A train.
(d) A car radiator.

4. What term does July use that frustrates the Small family?
(a) Chief.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Master.
(d) Slave.

5. In Section 10, who do the Smalls first think of in the theft of an object from their hut?
(a) Royce.
(b) Victor.
(c) July.
(d) Gina.

6. What does Bam realize about his feelings for his wife in Section 7?
(a) He feels he loves her more every day.
(b) He feels she hates him.
(c) He feels she is cruel.
(d) He feels he no longer knows her.

7. What does Bam do to rectify the situation after a villager accuses the children of something in Section 6?
(a) He pays the man two rands.
(b) He pays the man five rands.
(c) He pays the man ten rands.
(d) He pays the man twenty rands.

8. Where do Bam and the children go after dinner in Section 10?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Back to the party.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Fishing.

9. What does Martha reveal Daniel has been telling her?
(a) They will need to move.
(b) They will be better after the revolution.
(c) They will be killed.
(d) They will be hurt.

10. What happened to Nora’s husband?
(a) He was hired at the mines.
(b) He disappeared.
(c) He died.
(d) He left her.

11. What does Maureen say about July being afraid in Section 7?
(a) Bam is going to take back the vehicle.
(b) Bam will not drive the car again.
(c) Bam won’t take back the vehicle.
(d) Bam will take the keys when he fixes the car.

12. What greeting does Daniel give the man at the gathering place?
(a) A raised fist.
(b) None.
(c) A hug.
(d) A hand shake.

13. What is Bam doing when Maureen returns from speaking with July in Section 10?
(a) Talking to Daniel.
(b) Feeding the children.
(c) Getting drunk.
(d) Sleeping.

14. By Section 8, who has joined the forces from Africa?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Americans.

15. Who drives back to the hut after the meeting with the chief?
(a) July.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Bam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief ask about, in terms of Johannesburg?

2. What do Bam and Maureen notice about the news broadcast in Section 6?

3. What can the Small not find once they get home from meeting the village chief?

4. What does the man accuse the children of in Section 6?

5. What is born within Maureen’s hut?

(see the answer keys)

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