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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 does July report in Section 4 about the towns?
(a) They are still in flux with riots.
(b) They are calming.
(c) They are overpopulated.
(d) They are evacuated.

2. What does Royce continue to ask to do in Section 3?
(a) Eat meat.
(b) Go to movies.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Go home.

3. What is Maureen afraid of, in terms of the children and the water?
(a) It is too cold.
(b) Illness.
(c) Feces.
(d) It is too warm.

4. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?
(a) The year.
(b) Family traditions.
(c) The order of the day.
(d) The date.

5. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) She’s never seen a white.
(b) The meeting of a white woman.
(c) She’s never heard English.
(d) The touching of white skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?

2. What does July bring for Bam in Section 1?

3. What is understood by July's girlfriend in the city to be July’s responsibilities?

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

5. What does Maureen note in Section 3 that she doesn’t want to hear a spiel on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor’s anger at the “stealing” of “their” water show?

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

3. Explain where the Smalls find themselves in the opening section, and where they came from.

4. Explain what Maureen discovers as she notices various gadgets being used around the village.

5. What does July say that makes Maureen equally angry in Section 5?

6. Describe what Bam and July are able to make for the village.

7. Why do you think July is so insistent that the Smalls continue to allow him and his family to work for them?

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

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

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

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