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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. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?
(a) She bought him a toffee apple.
(b) She pretended to have never see him before.
(c) She beat him.
(d) She called the police.

2. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She started working in a factory.
(b) She became a secretary.
(c) She became a housekeeper.
(d) She became a chiropractor.

3. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?
(a) Patricia said that if the author ever married a girl who made more money, he should have her quit her job.
(b) Patricia said that the author should not marry a wealthy woman because they are traitors to the proletariat.
(c) Patricia said that if the author had a rich wife, he should quit his job and let her take care of him.
(d) Patricia said that a man is not diminished if his wife makes more money than he does.

4. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?
(a) His house had an unusual shape.
(b) He was the only light-skinned person in the area.
(c) He was famous for his work on The Daily Show.
(d) He was always singing very loudly so you could always tell where he was.

5. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?
(a) Fufi had been pregnant.
(b) Fufi was actually a coyote.
(c) Fufi was deaf.
(d) Fufi died of natural causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author track Robert down after his mother instructed him to do so?

2. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

3. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?

4. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?

5. How did the author feel when he saw what Abel did to the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?

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