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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, Pages 50-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 'medication' does Maureen get from Martha in Section 4?
(a) Something for malaria.
(b) Something to make her sleep.
(c) Something for her cold.
(d) Something for the children’s cough.

2. What did July bring back with him after taking the bakke without permission?
(a) Money.
(b) Food and supplies.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Another vehicle.

3. What is Bam’s profession?
(a) Neuroscientist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Soldier.

4. What does July offer Maureen in terms of clothing?
(a) His wife and other women can wash them.
(b) His wife and other women can make new clothing.
(c) He offers to buy new ones.
(d) He offers to mend them.

5. How much time has passed since Maureen and Bam left Johannesburg?
(a) Five years.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Maureen introduced in Section 2?

3. What does July report in Section 4 about the towns?

4. What does July offer to bring Maureen instead of the medication his wife offered?

5. What does Bam do to try to reconcile after his argument with Maureen in Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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