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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was the Immorality Act passed?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1827.

4. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?
(a) They illegally crossed the border to have him in Swaziland.
(b) They each had intercourse with a person of another race.
(c) They hired an off-the-books midwife to deliver him.
(d) They kidnapped him from his real parents.

5. 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 worried the demon would eat him.
(c) He was afraid that if his prayer was not good enough, everyone would know he was to blame.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?

2. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?

3. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?

4. In what country did the author grow up?

5. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?

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