1. To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?
(a) A manual laborer.
(b) A miser.
(c) The sophisticates stop-start system used in hybrid cars.
(d) A madwoman.

2. How did the author make money when he first graduated from high school?
(a) He became a professional DJ.
(b) He became a minibus driver.
(c) He became a professional stand up comedian.
(d) He became a waiter.

3. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?
(a) They wanted the author to ask out his friend, Maylene.
(b) They wanted him to teach their boyfriends to dance.
(c) They wanted him to dress as cupid.
(d) They wanted him to make them all valentines.

4. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?
(a) He thought Patricia's advice was heteronormative.
(b) He thought Patricia's advice was too religious.
(c) He thought Patricia's advice was naive.
(d) He thought that Patricia's advice was suited to adult relationships rather than children's relationships.

5. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?
(a) The need to spend one's working life making up for that which was pillaged from one's ancestors.
(b) The tendency of white employers to illegally steal the wages of black employees during apartheid.
(c) An official government tax paid only by black people.
(d) A special tax Afrikaners had to pay after apartheid to provide reparations to black people.