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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 a bakkie?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) An article of clothing.
(c) A car.
(d) A plant.

2. What does Maureen understand must be balanced in black affairs?
(a) Money and desire.
(b) Duty and love.
(c) Desire and duty.
(d) Love and money.

3. What does Maureen understand about the question she asks July in Section 5 that puts him ill at ease?
(a) July did not comprehend the question.
(b) July doesn’t love her anymore.
(c) July hates her.
(d) July will never forgive her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha particularly concerned about regarding July's situation with the Smalls in Section 2?

2. Why does July’s family have difficulty understanding why the Smalls wouldn't just fly overseas?

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

4. How does Maureen get the keys from July in Section 4?

5. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Martha mean in Section 2 when she says she was surprised at the way Maureen looked?

2. What does July learn to do in Section 4, and who teaches him?

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

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

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

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

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 Victor’s anger at the “stealing” of “their” water show?

9. Describe the photograph of young Maureen and her housekeeper Lydia, and why it is important.

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

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