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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 made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?
(a) Going to an elite private school where students were socially integrated.
(b) Going to H. A. Jack Primary.
(c) Failing to get along with his white father.
(d) Seeing his mother write "black" on a government census.

2. The children of Soweto would yell out "indoda yomlungu!" whenever they passed the author. What does this phrase mean?
(a) "Look out!"
(b) "Hey, buddy!"
(c) "The white man!"
(d) "I hate that kid!"

3. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?
(a) The Tswana.
(b) The Sotho.
(c) The Zulu.
(d) The Xhosa.

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

5. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?
(a) He was worried.
(b) He thought they were racists.
(c) He was proud.
(d) He thought they had their colors confused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?

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

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

5. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?

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