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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 do Bam and Maureen notice about the news broadcast in Section 6?
(a) It has bad reception and a bad announcer.
(b) It is now in Afrikaans.
(c) It is now in German.
(d) It is no longer in English.

2. Why do Bam and Maureen have difficulty discussing the circumstances in Section 9?
(a) They find themselves not wanting to talk to one another.
(b) They find themselves angry at the blacks.
(c) They find themselves always with the children.
(d) They find themselves without the right words.

3. Who drives the car with the family in Section 7?
(a) Daniel.
(b) July.
(c) Bam.
(d) Maureen.

4. By the end of Section 7, what does Maureen realize about July and his feelings for her?
(a) She realizes he loves her.
(b) She realizes he hates her.
(c) She doesn’t know how he feels for her.
(d) She realizes he is humiliated.

5. What can the Small not find once they get home from meeting the village chief?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A pot.
(c) A radio station.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 8, what does Victor want his dad to buy?

2. Why does Maureen find her husband attractive during dinner an evening in Section 7?

3. What does Martha reveal Daniel has been telling her?

4. What is Bam doing when Maureen returns from speaking with July in Section 10?

5. What do even the children know about the secret of the gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bam try to explain about why the chief shouldn’t kill his own people?

2. Explain why Maureen drowns the kittens and what this implies about her?

3. Explain how Bam now feels about his wife by Section 7.

4. After more conversation in Chapter 6, what does Martha reveal she was really concerned with?

5. What does the author mean when she says Victor is angry “with a white man’s anger, too big for him”?

6. What is July’s mother’s primary objection to the white people?

7. Why is Martha resentful toward Maureen when she asks where July has gone in Section 10?

8. Explain Maureen’s feelings about her life, prior to the riots, as reflected upon in Section 9.

9. Explain why Maureen thinks they need to leave in Section 9.

10. What does Bam mean when he says July is “shrewdy”?

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