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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 suggest in Section 9 that they need to do to save July?
(a) Leave.
(b) Help the chief.
(c) Run with him.
(d) Take July to America.

2. By Section 8, who has joined the forces from Africa?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Americans.
(d) Chinese.

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

4. Why does Maureen believe July doesn’t want her with his wife?
(a) He thinks she will be hurt.
(b) He fears she will discuss his affair.
(c) He thinks she will be rude.
(d) He thinks she will be judgmental.

5. Why is July’s mother angry in Section 6?
(a) She hates July.
(b) She hates the children.
(c) She wants her hut back.
(d) She hates Martha.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Maureen and Bam listen to instead of their regular radio broadcast in Section 7?

4. Who is the first man the Smalls meet on their way to the chief?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the gumba-gumba, and the resulting party atmosphere.

4. Explain how July sees his chief.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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