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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author discover in a stolen object, causing him to rethink his life of crime as described in the story "The Cheese Boys"?
(a) He discovered drugs in a child's fanny pack.
(b) He discovered family pictures in a digital camera.
(c) He discovered a dead person's ashes in a stolen vase.
(d) He discovered a young woman's diary in a stolen suitcase.

2. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?
(a) Australia.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) England.

3. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?
(a) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.
(b) They all lived far away and his mother would never buy the petrol to take him to their homes.
(c) They remembered his destructive antics in Soweto.
(d) They refused to associate with someone who was light-skinned.

4. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?
(a) They shared a bottle of wine.
(b) They kissed.
(c) She screamed that she never wanted to see him again.
(d) Her dad came out and yelled at them.

5. Why did Patricia make the author push her car?
(a) She wanted to help the author become strong.
(b) The car was broken.
(c) She wanted to maximize fuel.
(d) She was punishing the author.

6. How did Zaheera feel about the author?
(a) She liked him back and secretly wished that he would ask her out.
(b) She thought of him as just a friend.
(c) She hated him.
(d) She did not know that he existed.

7. With whom did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah want the author to hang out instead of his friends from Alexandra?
(a) His cousin at university.
(b) His grandmother in Soweto.
(c) His step-father in the garage.
(d) His birth father in Johannesburg.

8. How did the author first respond in his trial when he thought the judge asked him how he was?
(a) He mockingly repeated the question.
(b) He said he was doing great.
(c) He said he was not fine.
(d) He said he was feeling relaxed.

9. What convinced the author that it would be best to bide his time before revealing his crush?
(a) His crush's friend, Johanna, told the author that Zaheera did not want to date him.
(b) His crush's boyfriend, Gary, said he should wait because Gary wanted to sabotage the author.
(c) The author assumed that his feelings would fade soon.
(d) Girls in American high school movies always fell for their best friends.

10. How did the author feel about his friend Zaheera?
(a) He was using her to get closer to her friend, Gary.
(b) He thought she was annoying.
(c) He had a massive crush on her.
(d) He was using her to get closer to her friend, Johanna.

11. What did the police ask the author when he was called in for questioning regarding the stolen chocolate?
(a) They asked him to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
(b) They asked whether he knew if Teddy had any white friends.
(c) They asked if he knew where Teddy had gone.
(d) They asked why he and Teddy stole the chocolates.

12. What holiday did the author experience for the first time at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Boxing Day.
(c) Armistice Day.
(d) Valentine's Day.

13. What crime did the author and Teddy get caught committing?
(a) Doing drugs.
(b) Stealing chocolates from a store.
(c) Assaulting a stranger.
(d) Robbing an elderly person at gunpoint.

14. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?
(a) A literacy test that colored people had to pass in order to vote in South African elections.
(b) A written test that, if passed, qualified a colored person to be reclassified as white.
(c) A measurement of a worker's strength determined by how large a bundle of pencils they could break with their bare hands.
(d) A test to determine whiteness, based on whether a pencil would stay in place if stuck in one's hair.

15. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?
(a) Maylene perished suddenly and tragically.
(b) They kissed outside a McDonalds.
(c) Maylene mocked him.
(d) Maylene ran away.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what racial group was notorious for having the most dangerous gangsters in South Africa?

2. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

3. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?

4. According to the author, what did crime do that the government would not do in Alexandra, South Africa?

5. How did poverty make it harder for the author to dress attractively during grade 9?

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