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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. Why does Maureen find her husband attractive during dinner an evening in Section 7?
(a) He pays attention to her.
(b) He is attractive.
(c) He defends her.
(d) He is kind to the kids.

2. What does Martha wonder about town?
(a) Whether the children went to school.
(b) What the house looked like.
(c) Whether Maureen told July what to do.
(d) What the streets looked like.

3. Who does Maureen suddenly realize has been missing in Section 10 since the object in her hut also dissapeared?
(a) Martha.
(b) The car.
(c) Victor.
(d) Daniel.

4. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Flea collars.
(d) A bag for bedding.

5. What does the chief do that surprises the Smalls?
(a) He speaks in Afrikaans.
(b) He speaks in Chinese.
(c) He speaks in English.
(d) He speaks in Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maureen understand in Section 10 during their argument, although July speaks in his own language?

2. What does Maureen begin doing with her time in Section 7?

3. What does Maureen assume the chief wants?

4. What is Bam’s reasoning for not owning a pistol?

5. What has the government told the chief will happen with the Cubans and Russians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Bam’s feeding of the children shows, in terms of his role in the household, compared to his previous life?

3. What is July’s feeling about Maureen working in the fields, and why?

4. Describe Maureen’s point about the smell of her family.

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

6. Explain why the chief wants to learn to use a gun.

7. Explain the function of the black man the Smalls meet before the chief.

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

9. What does it imply that the chief can speak in English, but doesn’t at first?

10. Explain how July sees his chief.

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