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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Mulberry Tree" - "Outsider".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She beat the men senseless.
(b) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(c) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.
(d) She threw him out of the vehicle.

2. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?
(a) Schools founded by British missionaries.
(b) They did not go to school.
(c) They went to school over seas.
(d) Government-run Bantu schools.

3. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?
(a) "The Fixer."
(b) "A builder of ships."
(c) "She who gives back."
(d) "She who popped out of nowhere."

4. Why did the author cry after he and Patricia retrieved Fufi?
(a) He cried because Patricia was so impatient with him.
(b) He cried because Fufi loved another boy.
(c) He cried because Fufi bit him.
(d) He cried because the other boy gave him a vicious cussing out.

5. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?
(a) Swiss.
(b) Xhosa.
(c) South African.
(d) Swazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the foreword to the story "Fufi," how does the author explain his observation that most black people in Africa dislike cats?

2. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

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

4. Why does the author think Santa Claus is unpopular in Africa?

5. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?

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