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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 Bam say about July in Section 8?
(a) He's lonely.
(b) He’s shrewdy.
(c) He's annoying.
(d) He's a criminal.

2. What does the man accuse the children of in Section 6?
(a) Stealing the water.
(b) Stealing a bag.
(c) Stealing the flea collars.
(d) Stealing the food.

3. What is Bam doing when Maureen returns from speaking with July in Section 10?
(a) Talking to Daniel.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Feeding the children.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What are the chief’s final words to the Smalls in Section 8?
(a) He asks them to give up their car.
(b) He asks them to leave.
(c) He asks them to stay with him and fight.
(d) He will come learn how to shoot the gun.

5. Why does Maureen question July in Section 7, when he talks of going back to the way things were?
(a) She doesn’t believe he has heard the new.
(b) She doesn’t want him to be afraid.
(c) She doesn’t believe he wants things to go back.
(d) She doesn’t want him to work for her anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen say about July being afraid in Section 7?

2. Why would Maureen and Bam be left behind, even if the Americans and Europeans were airlifted out?

3. What does July think of his own chief?

4. What does Maureen realize she doesn’t have to worry about anymore in Section 9?

5. Who drives the car with the family in Section 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Section 9, what does Martha dream for the future, and how does this differ from July’s dreams?

4. Describe the shared moment of mockery between Martha and Maureen.

5. Why does Maureen give a final belittling speech to July, and what does she say?

6. Why do you think Maureen runs for the helicopter at the end of the novel, leaving her family behind?

7. What does Martha wonder most about the white woman, when she lived in town with July?

8. What is missing when the Smalls arrive back at the hut in Section 9, and what does this likely mean for the family?

9. Why is Maureen surprised when July mentions he wants things to go back?

10. Explain how July sees his chief.

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