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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Second Girl" - "Loopholes".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(b) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
(c) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.
(d) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.

3. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?
(a) The ceiling.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The driveway.
(d) The walls.

4. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
(a) The death of his mother.
(b) Second-hand cars.
(c) Fear.
(d) Apartheid.

5. What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?
(a) They diagnosed him with sociopathy.
(b) None-they determined he was mentally normal.
(c) They diagnosed him with ADHD.
(d) They diagnosed him with bipolar disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?

2. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

3. 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?

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

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

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