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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Fufi" - "Robert".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?
(a) "We were a team."
(b) "She was like my boss."
(c) "I was like her savior."
(d) "We never got along at all."

2. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

3. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
(a) Fear.
(b) The death of his mother.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) Second-hand cars.

4. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?
(a) Afrikaans.
(b) Tsonga.
(c) English.
(d) Xhosa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?

2. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

3. Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?

4. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?

5. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?

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