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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. Where is all of July’s money?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) He has no money.
(c) In the bank.
(d) In a tin under the bed.
2. What do Maureen and Bam listen to instead of their regular radio broadcast in Section 7?
(a) Cuban news.
(b) Military radio.
(c) American news.
(d) African news.
3. What is Bam sure will happen with the chief?
(a) He thinks the chief will throw them out.
(b) He thinks the chief will make them pay.
(c) He thinks the chief will take their car.
(d) He thinks the chief will make them fight.
4. What has the government promised to do to help the local chiefs?
(a) Provide soldiers.
(b) Provide guns.
(c) Provide food.
(d) Provide new land.
5. What does Maureen demand July do when she finds him after an obejctive has gone missing from her hut?
(a) Get the gun back.
(b) Help them escape.
(c) Tell her what’s wrong.
(d) Talk to Bam.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does July feel about Maureen working with the women of his village in Section 7?
2. Why does Martha find it odd when July answers her questions?
3. What is Bam’s reasoning for not owning a pistol?
4. What does Maureen understand in Section 10 during their argument, although July speaks in his own language?
5. What does July refuse to do to get Maureen to leave in Section 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. After more conversation in Chapter 6, what does Martha reveal she was really concerned with?
2. Why do you think Gina and the kids are so readily accepted, but Bam and Maureen are not?
3. Describe Maureen’s point about the smell of her family.
4. Explain why Maureen drowns the kittens and what this implies about her?
5. Describe the scene where Bam lays face first in the bed. What happened, and what does this signify?
6. Describe the birth of animals in the Smalls’ hut, and how that relates to the accusation of theft.
7. Where has Daniel gone in Section 10, and what does this mean for Maureen and her family?
8. Explain how Maureen feels about her husband after living in the village for a time.
9. In Section 9, what does Martha dream for the future, and how does this differ from July’s dreams?
10. Why do you think Maureen runs for the helicopter at the end of the novel, leaving her family behind?
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