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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bam’s reasoning for not owning a pistol?
(a) He doesn’t shoot people.
(b) He doesn’t shoot birds.
(c) He doesn’t shoot animals.
(d) He doesn’t shoot guns.

2. Where has Daniel gone in Section 10?
(a) To join the rebels.
(b) To the chief.
(c) To town.
(d) To the village.

3. Why does Maureen question July in Section 7, when he talks of going back to the way things were?
(a) She doesn’t want him to be afraid.
(b) She doesn’t believe he wants things to go back.
(c) She doesn’t want him to work for her anymore.
(d) She doesn’t believe he has heard the new.

4. What do Daniel and July do when they see the chief in Section 8?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Drop to their knees.
(c) Sing.
(d) Shake his hand.

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

6. What does Maureen advise July to do about the car in Section 7?
(a) Wait for fall to fix it.
(b) Wait until he can get the parts.
(c) Wait until after the riots to fix it.
(d) Wait for Bam to fix it.

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

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

9. What is missing from the hut when the Smalls return home?
(a) The gun.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their radio.
(d) The car.

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

11. Where does Maureen go to find July in Section 10 after an object is discovered missing from their hut?
(a) Daniel's hut.
(b) Her own hut.
(c) His personal hut.
(d) His woman’s hut.

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

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

14. What does Maureen run for at the end of the book?
(a) To get to the helicopter.
(b) To escape the helicopter.
(c) July.
(d) Her family.

15. What does Martha wonder about town?
(a) What the house looked like.
(b) Whether the children went to school.
(c) What the streets looked like.
(d) Whether Maureen told July what to do.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bam sure will happen with the chief?

3. What does Bam realize about his feelings for his wife in Section 7?

4. Who cooked for the Smalls in Section 6?

5. What does Maureen realize she doesn’t have to worry about anymore in Section 9?

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