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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. What was the name of the best dancer on the author's crew?
(a) Babiki.
(b) Trevor.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Tom.

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

3. Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?
(a) She knew that Abel would react with violence.
(b) She did not want Abel to know that she had raised a son who could not protect himself.
(c) Abel had just had a long day and could not handle the emotional stress of learning what happened.
(d) She knew that Abel would laugh at the author.

4. 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 family pictures in a digital camera.
(b) He discovered drugs in a child's fanny pack.
(c) He discovered a young woman's diary in a stolen suitcase.
(d) He discovered a dead person's ashes in a stolen vase.

5. What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?
(a) She left him for the white boy, Lorenzo.
(b) They got into a horrible fight and broke up.
(c) They had a lovely time reading poetry together.
(d) They learned that they were actually first cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the author's number one customers?

2. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?

3. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?

4. According to the author, what did the name "Hitler" connote to black South Africans in the area and time where the author grew up?

5. How did the mothers of Alexandra feel about the author and his fellow "cheese boys"?

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