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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is all of July’s money?
(a) He has no money.
(b) In his pocket.
(c) In the bank.
(d) In a tin under the bed.

4. What does Nyiko say about the Small’s issue with the animals?
(a) Puppies are owned by the chief.
(b) No one in the village owns a cat.
(c) Everyone owns the cats.
(d) Chickens are popular to raise.

5. What does the chief do that surprises the Smalls?
(a) He speaks in Russian.
(b) He speaks in Afrikaans.
(c) He speaks in Chinese.
(d) He speaks in English.

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

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

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

9. What does July want to ask Maureen about in private in Section 7?
(a) Why she is sad.
(b) Why she is angry.
(c) Why she is worried about her car.
(d) Why she is picking spinach.

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

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

12. What is Bam sure will happen with the chief?
(a) He thinks the chief will take their car.
(b) He thinks the chief will make them pay.
(c) He thinks the chief will make them fight.
(d) He thinks the chief will throw them out.

13. What has the government told the chief will happen with the Cubans and Russians?
(a) They will kill his family.
(b) They will take his land.
(c) They will help support him.
(d) They will hurt him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?

2. What does Bam wonder about, in terms of what July will do if the Smalls are evicted?

3. What does Martha reveal Daniel has been telling her?

4. Who is the first man the Smalls meet on their way to the chief?

5. What is Bam’s reasoning for not owning a pistol?

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