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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 claim in Section 5 that Maureen doesn’t like?
(a) Being away from home.
(b) That he keeps the car keys.
(c) That he isn’t waiting on her family.
(d) Being dependent on him.

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

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

4. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?
(a) She can’t read it because it is in Italian.
(b) She hates reading.
(c) She doesn’t want to know the ending.
(d) She knows that when she reads it, there are no others.

5. Why is Maureen hurt by July in Section 5?
(a) She feels she has been lied to.
(b) She feels her friendliness for him has been misinterpreted.
(c) She feels he cares more for Bam than for her.
(d) She feels she is being used.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July bring into the hut in Section 4?

2. What did July’s wife give up for the Smalls?

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

4. What is Bam’s profession?

5. What is July’s reaction to the medication his wife gave Maureen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the son mean when he says “They can’t do anything. Nothing to us anymore” (pg 21).

4. Describe the shooting of the warthog, and the resulting meal for the Smalls.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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