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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is missing from the hut when the Smalls return home?
(a) Their radio.
(b) The gun.
(c) Their food.
(d) The car.
2. What does Nyiko say about the Small’s issue with the animals?
(a) Everyone owns the cats.
(b) No one in the village owns a cat.
(c) Chickens are popular to raise.
(d) Puppies are owned by the chief.
3. Why would Bam refuse to help the chief?
(a) He won’t help the chief fight against the liberation of his own people.
(b) He won’t help the chief kill people.
(c) He doesn’t want to help July’s people.
(d) He won’t get involved, at the risk of harming his family.
4. In Section 8, what does Victor want his dad to buy?
(a) A bike.
(b) A car radiator.
(c) A train.
(d) A car.
5. What does Bam hope Nyiko knows in Section 6?
(a) Who owns the kittens.
(b) How to hand feed the kittens.
(c) Who stole the bag.
(d) Who stole the food.
6. What does Maureen assume the chief wants?
(a) To have his own army.
(b) To fight the government.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To join other nations.
7. What do the children bring to help the small animals born in their hut?
(a) Water.
(b) A bag for bedding.
(c) Flea collars.
(d) Food.
8. What are the chief’s final words to the Smalls in Section 8?
(a) He asks them to give up their car.
(b) He will come learn how to shoot the gun.
(c) He asks them to leave.
(d) He asks them to stay with him and fight.
9. 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 pay.
(d) He thinks the chief will make them fight.
10. What does Maureen do with the small animals born in her hut?
(a) She drowns them.
(b) She strangles them.
(c) She shoots them.
(d) She gives them away.
11. What greeting does Daniel give the man at the gathering place?
(a) A hand shake.
(b) A raised fist.
(c) None.
(d) A hug.
12. What does Maureen say about July being afraid in Section 7?
(a) Bam will take the keys when he fixes the car.
(b) Bam won’t take back the vehicle.
(c) Bam will not drive the car again.
(d) Bam is going to take back the vehicle.
13. Why is July’s mother angry in Section 6?
(a) She hates July.
(b) She hates Martha.
(c) She hates the children.
(d) She wants her hut back.
14. What does July want to ask Maureen about in private in Section 7?
(a) Why she is picking spinach.
(b) Why she is sad.
(c) Why she is worried about her car.
(d) Why she is angry.
15. What phrases does Bam hear on the radio that attracts his attention in Section 8?
(a) Mentions of the American Embassy.
(b) Mentions of bombs.
(c) Mentions of America.
(d) Mentions of flights out of Johannesburg.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has the government promised to do to help the local chiefs?
2. Who is the first man the Smalls meet on their way to the chief?
3. Why does Martha find it odd when July answers her questions?
4. What does the man accuse the children of in Section 6?
5. What does Bam say about July in Section 8?
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