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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. In what country did the author grow up?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) South America.
(c) North Africa.
(d) South Africa.
2. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(b) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."
(c) She fought for what she believed in.
(d) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
3. 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 because he was not sure if he believed in God and could not stand the theological pressure.
(b) 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.
(c) He was afraid because he was worried the demon would eat him.
(d) He was afraid that if his prayer was not good enough, everyone would know he was to blame.
4. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
(a) His grandmother was afraid the police would take him away.
(b) His grandmother was afraid the neighborhood children would steal him.
(c) Trevor was being punished.
(d) His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
5. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?
(a) He insulted her pronunciation.
(b) He began speaking a language she could not understand.
(c) He insisted he never said anything inappropriate.
(d) He apologized for racially profiling her.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
2. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
3. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
4. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
5. 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?
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