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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 Maureen run for at the end of the book?
(a) To get to the helicopter.
(b) July.
(c) To escape the helicopter.
(d) Her family.

2. What has the government told the chief will happen with the Cubans and Russians?
(a) They will take his land.
(b) They will help support him.
(c) They will kill his family.
(d) They will hurt him.

3. What does July’s mother pretend not to like in Section 6?
(a) The white people.
(b) The meat.
(c) The water.
(d) The gun.

4. Where has Daniel gone in Section 10?
(a) To the village.
(b) To the chief.
(c) To join the rebels.
(d) To town.

5. What does Bam do to rectify the situation after a villager accuses the children of something in Section 6?
(a) He pays the man ten rands.
(b) He pays the man two rands.
(c) He pays the man twenty rands.
(d) He pays the man five rands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What greeting does Daniel give the man at the gathering place?

2. What is July trying to fix on the car in Section 7?

3. In Section 6, what does Victor note some Africans are, unlike July?

4. How does July feel about Maureen working with the women of his village in Section 7?

5. What is Victor forgetting how to do by Section 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the birth of animals in the Smalls’ hut, and how that relates to the accusation of theft.

10. Explain how Maureen feels about her husband after living in the village for a time.

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