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

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

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

4. What did the police officer want when he arrested the author and his friends at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?
(a) He wanted some cheese.
(b) He wanted to see justice served.
(c) He wanted a bribe.
(d) He wanted a mix CD.

5. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(b) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(c) She fought for what she believed in.
(d) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Patricia react after the author explained what happened to him under the mulberry tree?

2. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

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

4. Who did the author credit with giving him and his friends permission to chant Hitler's name?

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

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