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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does July think of his own chief?
(a) He thinks the chief is strong.
(b) He thinks the chief is weak.
(c) He thinks the cheif is brave.
(d) He thinks the chief is dying.

3. What does Bam think they should have brought to the chief?
(a) Knives.
(b) Meat.
(c) Guns.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

6. Why is Bam suddenly rendered incapable of action in Section 10?
(a) He doesn’t know what to do to survive.
(b) He is afraid of July.
(c) He is afraid of Maureen.
(d) He doesn’t know what to do about the gun.

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

8. What does Maureen think the blacks would say about July’s actions in saving the Smalls?
(a) That he was right to save them.
(b) That he is a sellout to his people.
(c) That he was dangerous in trying to help.
(d) That he is helping the revolution.

9. What does Maureen think July was really talking about when he criticized the chief?
(a) His people.
(b) His mother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

13. What does Maureen do with the small animals born in her hut?
(a) She drowns them.
(b) She shoots them.
(c) She gives them away.
(d) She strangles them.

14. What do Bam and Maureen notice about the news broadcast in Section 6?
(a) It is now in German.
(b) It has bad reception and a bad announcer.
(c) It is no longer in English.
(d) It is now in Afrikaans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maureen suddenly bring up the stolen items in Section 10?

2. What phrases does Bam hear on the radio that attracts his attention in Section 8?

3. Who does Maureen hear as she runs through the jungle at the end of the book?

4. What does Maureen begin doing with her time in Section 7?

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

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