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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Second Girl" - "Loopholes".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
(a) Trevor was being punished.
(b) His grandmother was afraid the neighborhood children would steal him.
(c) His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(d) His grandmother was afraid the police would take him away.

2. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(b) She beat the men senseless.
(c) She threw him out of the vehicle.
(d) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.

3. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Police.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Food vendors.
(d) Mini-bus drivers.

4. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When suffering.
(b) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(c) When defecating.
(d) When working.

5. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) England.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

2. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?

3. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?

4. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?

5. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

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