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

2. What language does the author indicate was especially valued for making prayers while he was growing up in Soweto?
(a) English.
(b) Xhosa.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Afrikaans.

3. How did the author first endear himself to the black students at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) He showed off his skills at speaking English and Afrikaans.
(b) He bought them new Transformers toys.
(c) He pulled a prank on a white teacher.
(d) He demonstrated that he could speak their native languages.

4. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?
(a) He was afraid that if his prayer was not good enough, everyone would know he was to blame.
(b) He was afraid because he was worried the demon would eat him.
(c) He was afraid because HE was the thing that left the feces in his grandmother's house and he did not want God to kill him.
(d) He was afraid because he was not sure if he believed in God and could not stand the theological pressure.

5. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?
(a) The Chinese church.
(b) The mostly white church.
(c) The multiracial church.
(d) The mostly black church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?

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

3. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?

4. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?

5. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?

(see the answer key)

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