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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. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
(a) His grandmother was afraid the neighborhood children would steal him.
(b) His grandmother was afraid the police would take him away.
(c) His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(d) Trevor was being punished.

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

3. 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?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) England.
(d) America.

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 had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
(d) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.

5. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They spent all their free time doing expensive things.
(b) They would bully him for being too black.
(c) They all lived far away.
(d) They would bully him for being too white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author have in common with his friend, Teddy?

2. When was the Immorality Act passed?

3. What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?

4. How does the author describe his dating life when he was in grade 9 at Sandingham?

5. How did the author make money when he first graduated from high school?

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