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

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 cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(c) His grandmother was afraid the police would take him away.
(d) Trevor was being punished.

2. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She became a housekeeper.
(b) She became a secretary.
(c) She started working in a factory.
(d) She became a chiropractor.

3. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Police.
(b) Mini-bus drivers.
(c) Food vendors.
(d) Prostitutes.

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 hired an off-the-books midwife to deliver him.
(c) They each had intercourse with a person of another race.
(d) They kidnapped him from his real parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Immorality Act passed?

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

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

4. Who was the most consistent male figure in the author's life growing up?

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

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