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

2. In what country did the author grow up?
(a) North Africa.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) South America.

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

4. How did the author respond when he found out that he could not take communion because he was not Catholic?
(a) He called the owners of the school racist.
(b) He apologized for the misunderstanding.
(c) He converted to Catholicism.
(d) He asked if Jesus, being Jewish, would also be denied the right of communion.

5. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She threw him out of the vehicle.
(b) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.
(c) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(d) She beat the men senseless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?

2. The children of Soweto would yell out "indoda yomlungu!" whenever they passed the author. What does this phrase mean?

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

4. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

5. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?

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