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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. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?
(a) Temperance's second family was full of bad cooks.
(b) Patricia was worried that Temperance's second family would try to poison them.
(c) Temperance's second family was too poor to buy food.
(d) Patricia wanted to show off her own cooking skills instead.

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

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

4. Where did Patricia move at age nine?
(a) She moved in with her father.
(b) She ran away from her family entirely.
(c) She moved in with her aunt.
(d) She moved in with her mother.

5. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?
(a) Her aunt kept her on the farm to keep an eye on her.
(b) Her aunt kept her on the farm to protect her from their parents.
(c) She was kept on the farm to work.
(d) Her aunt kept her on the farm out of the kindness of her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?

2. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?

3. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?

4. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?

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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