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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bam not aware of when he shows the gun to the villagers?
(a) They don’t know what it is.
(b) They don’t believe in guns.
(c) They already know it exists.
(d) They think it is a weapon against them.

2. What does Maureen send Royce to tell July in Section 5?
(a) That she wants her keys back.
(b) That she wants him to go to town.
(c) That she is angry with him.
(d) That she wants him to come see her.

3. What is the real reason Bam and Maureen do not leave South Africa?
(a) They have nowhere to go.
(b) They do not want to leave family.
(c) They do not want to move the children.
(d) They cannot get their money out.

4. What makes the children happy, as nothing can?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Buying things.
(c) Driving.
(d) Volleyball.

5. In Section 5, what does Maureen wonder about the town woman?
(a) Whether she has children.
(b) Whether she is married.
(c) Whether July loves her.
(d) Whether she loves July.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bam know something has happened in Section 4?

2. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Maureen understand about the question she asks July in Section 5 that puts him ill at ease?

4. What does Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?

5. What surprises July’s wife about Maureen upon first meeting her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maureen mean when she says “death is a purchase” (pg 65)?

2. Explain Martha and July's mother's reaction to meeting Maureen in Section 2.

3. Describe the situation with the vehicle in Section 3.

4. Where does July explain he has been with the car in Section 4, and what is Bam’s concern?

5. What is July’s plan to tell people, when they question his driving of the bakke, and why does Bam object?

6. Describe the bakke, and its use in the Smalls family, both previously and currently.

7. What does Maureen realize now about how she treated July, and her assumption that he has taken the keys as one friend takes them from another?

8. What do Maureen and Bam argue about in Section 3?

9. What is happening in South Africa at the time of the novel?

10. Why is July so humiliated that Maureen doesn’t like him having the car keys?

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