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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. Why does Maureen want to keep the small warthog?
(a) Out of respect for the village.
(b) It is easier to cook.
(c) Out of respect for July.
(d) It will be tender.

2. Who takes the bakke in Section 3?
(a) Bam and July.
(b) July and another man.
(c) Maureen and Bam.
(d) Royce and July.

3. What does Bam do for leisure in Section 3?
(a) He drinks beer with the villagers.
(b) He plays sports with the villagers.
(c) He sings with the villagers.
(d) He spends time with his family.

4. What do July’s daughters seem amazed at regarding July's situation in the city?
(a) July had a separate room to sleep.
(b) July had a car.
(c) July had a separate room to eat.
(d) July had a separate room to bathe.

5. What does July bring into the hut in Section 4?
(a) Meat.
(b) Wood.
(c) A stove.
(d) Vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does July's family have a difficult time understanding why he had to bring the Smalls?

2. What do Maureen and Bam fear their lives will become, as described in Section 1?

3. In Section 5, what does Maureen wonder about the town woman?

4. What do both Maureen and Bam refuse from July at the beginning of the novel?

5. How does Maureen know July is lying about what his family says upon their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What types of items does July continue to bring the Smalls family, even in his village?

3. What does Maureen mean when she thinks that the balance between love and duty is maintained differently based on the lovers’ place in the economy?

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

5. What was the relationship between July’s “town woman” and July? What was the relationship between July's town woman and Maureen?

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

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

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

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

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

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