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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trevor, Pray" - "Chameleon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?
(a) Tsonga.
(b) Afrikaans.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) English.

2. 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) His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(d) Trevor was being punished.

3. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A bank robber.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. 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 that if his prayer was not good enough, everyone would know he was to blame.
(b) He was afraid because he was worried the demon would eat him.
(c) He was afraid because he was not sure if he believed in God and could not stand the theological pressure.
(d) 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.

5. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
(a) Fear.
(b) The death of his mother.
(c) Second-hand cars.
(d) Apartheid.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?

4. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?

5. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?

(see the answer key)

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