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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does July feel about Maureen working with the women of his village in Section 7?
(a) He is indifferent to it.
(b) He claims she is too pretty to work.
(c) He doesn’t like it.
(d) He is fine with it.

2. Where has Martha seen a photograph?
(a) In a coffee table book.
(b) July sent one home.
(c) In her school books.
(d) Martha saw one of Maureen and Bam.

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

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

5. Why does Maureen believe July doesn’t want her with his wife?
(a) He thinks she will be judgmental.
(b) He thinks she will be hurt.
(c) He thinks she will be rude.
(d) He fears she will discuss his affair.

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

7. What are the chief’s final words to the Smalls in Section 8?
(a) He asks them to stay with him and fight.
(b) He asks them to give up their car.
(c) He asks them to leave.
(d) He will come learn how to shoot the gun.

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

9. 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 his own people to save his power.
(c) That the chief would kill whites to save blacks.
(d) That the chief would kill his own people to save whites.

10. By the end of Section 7, what does Maureen realize about July and his feelings for her?
(a) She realizes he loves her.
(b) She doesn’t know how he feels for her.
(c) She realizes he hates her.
(d) She realizes he is humiliated.

11. Who drives the car with the family in Section 7?
(a) July.
(b) Bam.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Maureen.

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

13. What does Bam wonder about, in terms of what July will do if the Smalls are evicted?
(a) He wonders if July will give back the car.
(b) He wonders if July will fight to keep the children safe.
(c) He wonders if July will miss them.
(d) He wonders if July will follow them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen understand in Section 10 during their argument, although July speaks in his own language?

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

3. What has the government promised to do to help the local chiefs?

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

5. What does Maureen do with the small animals born in her hut?

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