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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. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
(a) America.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) England.
(d) Costa Rica.

2. How did the author make money at Sandingham?
(a) Writing papers for his peers.
(b) Making custom mixtapes and selling them.
(c) Selling lemonade.
(d) Taking orders for a small commission at the tuck-shop.

3. What did the author believe about the dog Fufi before the vet looked at Fufi's corpse?
(a) He believed Fufi was the kindest dog in the world.
(b) He believed Fufi was stoic.
(c) He believed Fufi was stupid.
(d) He believed Fufi was a genius.

4. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?
(a) She thought that beating children was wrong.
(b) She claimed she did not know how to hit a white child.
(c) She was afraid that Trevor would overpower her.
(d) She did not know whether or not Trevor's mother approved of corporal punishment.

5. What were Model C Schools?
(a) Poorly funded government schools.
(b) Fancy private schools favored by white children.
(c) Schools that mixed elements of Government and private ownership.
(d) Remnants of the Bantu system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?

2. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

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

4. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?

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

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