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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The World Doesn’t Love You” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?
(a) She would beg and whine until passers by let her out.
(b) She would crawl through a small tunnel.
(c) She would sneak through a broken gate.
(d) She would jump over the fence.

2. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?
(a) She thought that beating children was wrong.
(b) She claimed she did not know how to hit a white child.
(c) She did not know whether or not Trevor's mother approved of corporal punishment.
(d) She was afraid that Trevor would overpower her.

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

4. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.
(b) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.
(c) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(d) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.

5. Why did Alexandra remain standing while other "black ghettoes" (201) were razed?
(a) The white people allowed Alexandra to remain standing as an act of charity.
(b) The land in Alexandra had been sold to black tenants before doing so was made illegal.
(c) The residents of Alexandra fought off the white suburbanites.
(d) Alexandra was on a piece of holy ground that white people chose to respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?

2. In the foreword to the story "Fufi," how does the author explain his observation that most black people in Africa dislike cats?

3. Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?

4. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

5. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

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