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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The children of Soweto would yell out "indoda yomlungu!" whenever they passed the author. What does this phrase mean?
(a) "Look out!"
(b) "Hey, buddy!"
(c) "The white man!"
(d) "I hate that kid!"

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

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

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

5. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When working.
(b) When suffering.
(c) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(d) When defecating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

3. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?

4. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?

5. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

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