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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, Pages 108-121.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 1, where are the children sleeping, once in the hut?
(a) Car seats.
(b) Hammocks.
(c) The floor.
(d) Beds.

2. What does Maureen understand must be balanced in black affairs?
(a) Money and desire.
(b) Love and money.
(c) Duty and love.
(d) Desire and duty.

3. What does July’s mother eventually do as she carries wood in Section 5?
(a) Give up.
(b) Ask for help.
(c) Faint.
(d) Crawl on the ground.

4. What does Maureen keep secret from Bam in Section 4?
(a) That she knows July is back.
(b) That she knows he can’t go back.
(c) That she knows the vehicle is back.
(d) That she knows he doesn’t believe things will improve.

5. What is Bam sure will happen with the chief?
(a) He thinks the chief will throw them out.
(b) He thinks the chief will take their car.
(c) He thinks the chief will make them fight.
(d) He thinks the chief will make them pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maureen question July in Section 7, when he talks of going back to the way things were?

2. What do Maureen and Bam fear their lives will become, as described in Section 1?

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

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

5. What did July’s wife give up for the Smalls?

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