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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Go Hitler!" - "The Cheese Boys".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the author able to help Andrew and Bolo increase profits in their CD burning business?
(a) The author was the only one who knew anything about music.
(b) The author was not afraid to ask black people for money.
(c) The author could attract an audience with his skillful dance moves.
(d) The author brought them a fancy CD burner.

2. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He was forced to live on the streets.
(b) He moved in with Patricia and the author.
(c) He left to make it big in America.
(d) He bought an identical house across the street.

3. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?
(a) She had him by accident.
(b) She had him to spite the apartheid regime.
(c) She wanted someone that would love her whom she could love in return.
(d) She had him out of love for his father.

4. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?
(a) Their lives were rich with experience.
(b) They had lots of money.
(c) They were just grateful that apartheid was ending.
(d) Everyone around them was even poorer.

5. What gift did Andrew give to the author as a reward for his help?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A fancy black coat.
(c) A CD burner.
(d) 500 rand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Patricia make the author push her car?

2. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

3. What did the police officer want when he arrested the author and his friends at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?

4. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?

5. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?

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