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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 July’s reaction to the medication his wife gave Maureen?
(a) He tells her to throw it away.
(b) He tells her not to use it.
(c) He tells her to sell it.
(d) He tells her to take it.

2. What object does Bam not keep in his home?
(a) A revolver.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Servants.
(d) A knife.

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

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

5. In Section 1, where are the children sleeping, once in the hut?
(a) The floor.
(b) Beds.
(c) Car seats.
(d) Hammocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July’s mother eventually do as she carries wood in Section 5?

2. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?

3. Why does Maureen not enter July’s hut?

4. Who is July’s favorite child?

5. Why is July hurt by Maureen in Section 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the blacks under the Small’s employ, including July?

4. What does the author mean by “a contempt and humiliation that came from their blood and his” (pg 62)?

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

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

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

8. Why does July object to Maureen’s use of his wife’s cough syrup?

9. In Section 2, what does July try to explain to his family about the Smalls?

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

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