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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is July trying to fix on the car in Section 7?
(a) The gas tank.
(b) The exhaust.
(c) The starter.
(d) The engine.

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

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

4. What do Maureen and Bam listen to instead of their regular radio broadcast in Section 7?
(a) Military radio.
(b) American news.
(c) Cuban news.
(d) African news.

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

6. By the end of Section 7, how does Maureen feel about Bam, after this journey?
(a) She is angry with him.
(b) She loves him more.
(c) She no longer sees him as the same person.
(d) She is disgusted by him.

7. Why do the Smalls lead their children away from the party in Section 9?
(a) Many are drunk.
(b) It is too loud.
(c) It is too dangerous.
(d) Many are fighting.

8. What does the chief ask about, in terms of Johannesburg?
(a) He asks about the weather.
(b) He asks about businesses.
(c) He asks about the schools.
(d) He asks to hear their eye witness accounts.

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

10. Why do Bam and Maureen have difficulty discussing the circumstances in Section 9?
(a) They find themselves without the right words.
(b) They find themselves always with the children.
(c) They find themselves not wanting to talk to one another.
(d) They find themselves angry at the blacks.

11. What does Maureen understand in Section 10 during their argument, although July speaks in his own language?
(a) That he resents her.
(b) That he loves the children.
(c) That he wants her to leave.
(d) That he loves her.

12. What is Bam having trouble believing about the chief in Section 8?
(a) That the chief would kill his own people to save himself.
(b) That the chief would kill whites to save blacks.
(c) That the chief would kill his own people to save whites.
(d) That the chief would kill his own people to save his power.

13. What is a gumbagumba?
(a) A type of gun.
(b) A type of car.
(c) An animal.
(d) Travelling entertainment.

14. At the end of the book, what does Maureen hear that is different than usual sounds?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A group of English people.
(c) A riverboat.
(d) Laughter from the town women.

15. What is born within Maureen’s hut?
(a) Birds.
(b) Baby pigs.
(c) Puppies.
(d) A litter of kittens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Maureen and Bam be left behind, even if the Americans and Europeans were airlifted out?

2. Where is all of July’s money?

3. What does Maureen say about July being afraid in Section 7?

4. What does Maureen learn in Section 7 that they must to do to stay in the village?

5. Why does July send Daniel away in Section 7?

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