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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the government promised to do to help the local chiefs?
(a) Provide new land.
(b) Provide soldiers.
(c) Provide guns.
(d) Provide food.

2. What does Maureen think the blacks would say about July’s actions in saving the Smalls?
(a) That he is a sellout to his people.
(b) That he was dangerous in trying to help.
(c) That he was right to save them.
(d) That he is helping the revolution.

3. What does Bam do to rectify the situation after a villager accuses the children of something in Section 6?
(a) He pays the man twenty rands.
(b) He pays the man ten rands.
(c) He pays the man five rands.
(d) He pays the man two rands.

4. Who does Maureen hear as she runs through the jungle at the end of the book?
(a) The chief.
(b) July.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Her family.

5. What is born within Maureen’s hut?
(a) A litter of kittens.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Baby pigs.
(d) Birds.

6. In Section 6, what does Victor note some Africans are, unlike July?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Humble.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Cocky.

7. What does Bam say about July in Section 8?
(a) He’s shrewdy.
(b) He's annoying.
(c) He's a criminal.
(d) He's lonely.

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

9. What does Maureen not realize she is helping the women collect in Section 9?
(a) Food for the rebels.
(b) Grass to light fires.
(c) Food for the animals.
(d) Grass to rethatch the hut.

10. What greeting does Daniel give the man at the gathering place?
(a) A hand shake.
(b) None.
(c) A hug.
(d) A raised fist.

11. Why would Bam refuse to help the chief?
(a) He doesn’t want to help July’s people.
(b) He won’t help the chief kill people.
(c) He won’t help the chief fight against the liberation of his own people.
(d) He won’t get involved, at the risk of harming his family.

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

13. What is July trying to fix on the car in Section 7?
(a) The gas tank.
(b) The engine.
(c) The starter.
(d) The exhaust.

14. Why does July send Daniel away in Section 7?
(a) He wants to be left alone.
(b) He knows Maureen doesn’t like Daniel.
(c) He wants to talk about Daniel.
(d) He wants to speak to Maureen privately.

15. What is a gumbagumba?
(a) A type of car.
(b) A type of gun.
(c) Travelling entertainment.
(d) An animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bam’s reasoning for not owning a pistol?

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

3. What is Victor forgetting how to do by Section 9?

4. What does the man accuse the children of in Section 6?

5. At the end of the book, what does Maureen hear that is different than usual sounds?

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