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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Pages 24-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who warns Bam of an impending bank crisis?
(a) An accountant he helped design a home for.
(b) His secretary.
(c) A police officer he helped design a home for.
(d) A loan officer he helped design a home for.

2. What does Bam do to try to reconcile after his argument with Maureen in Section 3?
(a) He sings to her.
(b) He talks to her.
(c) He reads to her.
(d) He leaves her alone.

3. What does July’s wife experience for the first time when she meets Maureen?
(a) She’s never heard English.
(b) The meeting of a white woman.
(c) The touching of white skin.
(d) She’s never seen a white.

4. What does Bam mean when he notes that “women are cowards”?
(a) He means women choose to strike when they are at their strongest.
(b) He means women are manipulative.
(c) He means women choose to strike when men are at their weakest.
(d) He means women are weak.

5. Why does Maureen avoid reading the only book she has?
(a) She knows that when she reads it, there are no others.
(b) She doesn’t want to know the ending.
(c) She hates reading.
(d) She can’t read it because it is in Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 2, what did July’s children see that Bam has in the hut?

2. Why can’t the Smalls fly overseas?

3. What have the boys learned to do instead of us toilet paper?

4. Who helps the Smalls escape their home at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Maureen become aware of in Section 2 that she is ignorant of in this village?

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