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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do even the children know about the secret of the gun?
(a) Everyone knew it was there.
(b) No one knew it was there.
(c) No one cared about the gun.
(d) The gun was never there.

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

3. What does Maureen not realize she is helping the women collect in Section 9?
(a) Food for the rebels.
(b) Grass to rethatch the hut.
(c) Food for the animals.
(d) Grass to light fires.

4. What does Gina do in Section 6 to bring about admonishment from Maureen?
(a) Pull the kittens from their mother.
(b) Yell at the man.
(c) Hold hands with Nyiko.
(d) Feed the kittens.

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

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

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

8. What does Maureen tell July in Section 10 about the bakke he so desires?
(a) It is now dangerous to keep.
(b) It is not his to keep.
(c) It will eventually come to ruin.
(d) It is stolen.

9. Who cooked for the Smalls in Section 6?
(a) Nora.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Maureen.
(d) July.

10. What does Maureen learn in Section 7 that they must to do to stay in the village?
(a) They have to go see the chief.
(b) They have to join the rebellion.
(c) They have to release July from servitude.
(d) They have to pay.

11. What does July refuse to do to get Maureen to leave in Section 10?
(a) Give up his car.
(b) Give up his personal space.
(c) Tell her where Daniel has gone.
(d) Tell her to leave.

12. What does Maureen assume the chief wants?
(a) To have his own army.
(b) To join other nations.
(c) To fight the government.
(d) To be left alone.

13. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Flea collars.
(d) A bag for bedding.

14. What does July’s mother pretend not to like in Section 6?
(a) The meat.
(b) The water.
(c) The white people.
(d) The gun.

15. What does Bam do that Maureen realizes is a move of defeat?
(a) He hugs his wife.
(b) He leaves the hut.
(c) He lays face down on the bed.
(d) He lays on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Bam and the children go after dinner in Section 10?

3. Why does Maureen question July in Section 7, when he talks of going back to the way things were?

4. What does Bam say about July in Section 8?

5. Why do Bam and Maureen have difficulty discussing the circumstances in Section 9?

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