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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. Who were the author's number one customers?
(a) Slow guys.
(b) Fat guys.
(c) Foolish guys.
(d) White guys.

2. What did Robert show the author after the author tracked him down in Cape Town?
(a) An old family photo album of Robert's past.
(b) A shiny new car.
(c) A photo album tracking the author's career.
(d) A forged birth certificate accurately listing Robert as the author's father.

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

4. Why did the author think it was ironic when a black security guard was convicted of animal abuse for killing a cat on live TV?
(a) White people were horrified by the animal abuse yet were silent about violence against black humans during apartheid.
(b) Traditionally, security guards in South Africa keep cats as helpers.
(c) The security guard came from a long line of cat breeders.
(d) The author believes cats would do much worse things to humans if they were in charge instead.

5. Why does the author think Santa Claus is unpopular in Africa?
(a) Christianity is unpopular in Africa.
(b) Belief in Santa is seen as a form of idolatry.
(c) African parents do not want to give a fat white man credit for their gifts.
(d) Christmas in Africa does not include gift giving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?

2. How did the author first endear himself to the black students at H. A. Jack Primary?

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

4. Why did the author cry after he and Patricia retrieved Fufi?

5. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?

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